The Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira has said that he wants his teammates to fight with fire when they take on Manchester City in the group stages of the Champions League. The club will be going into the match knowing that they can seal a place in the knockout stages of the competition quite comfortably, but they still will be hoping to qualify from the group as the winners. Qualifying from the group as the winners has its advantages because the second leg of the last 16 tie will be at home. For the second placed team from a group, the second leg will be away from home.

Sami Khedira has said that if Real Madrid managed to complete the double over the Premier league champions, then they have a real opportunity to qualify from the group as the winners. Hence, they should not let their heads fall for this match and fight with fire. The Real Madrid manager José Mourinho has increased the tension ahead of this match by saying that Manchester City will have no chance to qualify from the group after failing to take a victory in the first four matches of the group. They are in danger of not even qualifying for the Europa league, which is awarded to the third placed team.

“If we play a tight game, competing for every ball and trying to impose your style of play, I think we have a good chance. We must concentrate on trying to play our own way there, not letting ourselves to be influenced by the opponent’s style, but instead imposing our strength in attack. Each one of these players has too much quality for us to concentrate on just one of them,” said Khedira, who has also praised City by saying that they are one of the best in the world.

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