By Daily Sports on April 4, 2018

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been ruled out of Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at Liverpool with a knee injury.

Aguero has missed the past five games for City and Argentina with the injury.

“Sergio is much better but doctors spoke to him today and he said he still has a little bit of a problem and isn’t comfortable,” said boss Pep Guardiola.

Liverpool have defensive injury problems, with Joe Gomez, Joel Matip and Ragnar Klavan all missing.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has told his side to “write our own history” as they prepare to face the runaway Premier League leaders for a place in the last four of Europe’s top club competition.

City will wrap up the title on Saturday if they beat Manchester United – with Liverpool the only team to beat them all season in the league.

“It is a big game against one of the best teams in Europe, if not the best team in Europe at the moment,” said Klopp on Tuesday. “We are not in the quarter-finals by coincidence.

“Yes, we beat Manchester City a few months ago – we knew before the game it was possible. With our skills, we can cause them problems.

“It is a big job to do. Manchester City are a special team. They deserve to be the champions of the Premier League. In football it is not about being the best, it is about being perfectly prepared for the next game. It is not about yesterday, it is about tomorrow.

“It is clear City’s confidence is on an outstandingly high level, but we are in a good moment as well. They have a chance because they win wherever they go, but we can win football games as well.”

Liverpool have won the European Cup five times, most recently in 2005.

“This club is already so full of history and we have to write our own history,” said German Klopp.

“We need to be proud of our history but need to create our own. I did that a lot in the past with my former teams. Borussia Dortmund had a lot of history, but at one point you need to do your own things.”

Manchester City playmaker Kevin de Bruyne says Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, his rival for player of the year, is having an “unbelievable” season.

Egyptian Salah has scored 37 goals since his summer move from Roma, while Belgium international De Bruyne has assisted 20 goals and scored 11.

“To score that many goals in a season is unbelievable,” said De Bruyne.

“No-one expected it but he hit the ground running and Liverpool are an attacking force with the way the front three work together.”

Of his own performances, De Bruyne said “it probably is the most complete” season he has had.

City boss Guardiola says he will not change his attacking approach at Anfield.

“If I said we are going to do it differently to how we have done, my players would look at me and say: ‘The guy is scared – the manager doesn’t trust us’. That would be a big mistake,” said the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager.

“We accept we are favourites but to do something in this competition you have to feel you are favourites.

“We come here to play football. Hopefully everybody – our fans and Liverpool fans – can be correct and polite. It is a game, a sport.” (BBC)

•Photo shows Aguero.

Source Daily Sports

Posted April 4, 2018

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