The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini’s men to achieve a good result if they are to keep their UEFA Champions League hopes alive.
Ajax Amsterdam attacker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Babel-c31971, has urged his teammates to ‘play like men’ in their upcoming UEFA Champions League game against Manchester City at Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday, October 24.
The Amsterdammers have thus far failed to register even a single point, and sit at the bottom of the Group D. Meanwhile, the Citizens have only bag a single point from their opening two games.
Both sides need to bag maximum points in the upcoming encounter to keep their Europe’s primary club competition’s hopes alive.
Babel, who arrived at Amsterdam Arena earlier this summer from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Heracles-Almelo-c39520. De Joden recorded a 3-3 stalemate at Polman Stadion on Saturday,
October 20.
The Dutch international has warned his teammates that they will not be able to secure a good result if they play in the same manner against the English champions on Wednesday as they did against the Heraclieden.
“We have to play like men against City. The last match, against Heracles, we gave it away and that shouldn't happen anymore. City is an opponent who benefits when we lose the ball, so we have to play really direct. If we stand still, it will be easy for
them to defend us and that's of course the last thing we want to do”, Babel was quoted as saying to journalists in the pre-match press conference.
The 25-year-old attacker, who played against City on several occasions during his time at Liverpool, has admitted that Roberto Mancini’s side has become a far stronger side in recent times.
“Since my time they have made big steps forward and bought some very good players, they made good progress the last few years”, Babel concluded.
The Dutch forward, who represented the Reds in 91 English Premier League games during his three-and-a-half year stay at Anfield, would be hoping that his side stages an impressive show and bags all three points at the end.
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