Borussia Mönchengladbach: After Bayern coup it goes to Manchester City – t-online.de

Manchester (dpa) – After the Gala against Bayern Borussia Mönchengladbach is ready for the necessary coup on the island. When English runners-Manchester City represents the Bundesliga third on Tuesday the final killed wintering in European competition at

The clear. 3: 1 against the record champion from Munich has had the self-confidence to rise significantly. “We want to bring in what Manchester and continue to play next year at European level. That is what we have earned,” said left-back Oscar Wendt.

Also, goalkeeper Yann Sommer stressed that it had taken plenty of confidence. “While this is a very difficult game for us. But we have taken out of the Bayern game, we can however hold against the best team in the world. We want to show Europe that we are ready.”

These have the gene England launched on Monday Borussia in his own hand and can do with a win the third place in the group perfectly. With five points Gladbach are in third place, the Sevilla FC is ranked two points behind in fourth place. Winning the Spaniards not to Juventus, Mönchengladbach stands for February as Europa League starter firmly. A draw would give Glad Bachern not rich at the same time victory in Seville, because the Andalusians have won the direct comparison (3: 0, 2: 4).

However, warns Borussia captain Granit Xhaka to believe before that, one could after Bayern win automatically afflict the next top team. “This is again a completely different game. We must now not to think about to make the mistake we can beat any team without having to do something about it must,” said the Swiss.

Also, Fabian Johnson, a the goal scorers against Bayern, recalled the class of millions of Elf from Manchester said: “. We have to go full throttle again” Finally, the home game against England went two months ago – albeit unhappy – with 1: 2. For coach André Schubert was in far 15 official matches, the only defeat.

Thus, the Borussia coach an invoice with qualified already for the knockout stages Englishmen didnt open. But first sought the coach, who surprised against Bayern with a barely tested triple defense line to dampen rising expectations in the environment. Schubert: “We must not now lose the ground under their feet, the team has delivered against Bayern a great game, but we also had the necessary luck..”

With a little luck it works then maybe the current third-placed Premier League, which can not compete at full strength. At the weekend the team was defeated by Kevin De Bruyne also 0: 2 at Stoke City. The Gladbach required to waive six players; Ibrahima Traoré is also not fit. Nevertheless attacker Josip Drmic said: “This is a special and big game It is a great experience..”

Expected lineups:

Manchester City: Hart – Sagna, Demichelis, Otamendi, Kolarov – Delph, Fernandinho – De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling – Bony

Borussia Mönchengladbach: Summer – Elvedi, Christensen, Nordtveit – basket, Dahoud, Xhaka, Johnson, Wendt – Stindl, Raphael

Referee: Makkelie (Netherlands)