Two clubs chasing UEFA Champions League glory will do battle today in a match between Manchester City and Roma. The group-stage match scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET will be held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Sports 1.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini had this to offer ahead of today's European encounter (via UEFA): "We are playing well. Maybe at the beginning of the season we didn't score so many goals at home—especially against Stoke [City] and Chelsea, two games in a row where we only scored once—but after that the team returned to normal performance."
"Roma are a very good team because they have won all five of their league games," he added. "Last year, they were also a very good team. It was [Rudi] Garcia's first season and maybe no one was sure what he could do, but he started the campaign very well, winning all of his [first ten] games and finally he qualified his team for the Champions League."
"He is a very good manager and he manages a very good team with very technical and fast players."
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Player to Watch: Roma's Gervinho has been instrumental in the club's early season success. The 27-year-old has made six appearances in domestic and European competition, providing three goals and two assists.
Manchester City's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy; Touré, Fernandinho; Navas, Silva, Milner; Agüero
Roma's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Maicon, Yanga-Mbiwa, Manolas, Torosidis; Pjanić, Keita, Nainggolan; Florenzi, Totti, Gervinho
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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