Borussia Monchengladbach will be hoping to bounce back against Manchester City later this week after suffering a 3-0 defeat against Sevilla in their Champions League opener and their manager claimed that his side would never lose their concentration even in the event of them conceding an early goal.
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Andre Schubert inherited the hot-seat from Lucien Favre after the Swiss mastermind submitted his resignation letter earlier this month, and has since registered two victories in a trot. When quizzed about the prospect of hosting the Premier League juggernauts on Wednesday night, he branded the match as a great challenge but seemed rather confident as he even managed to pull off a joke.
a What do we do if we concede early? The answer: nothing a we have to simply keep playing and focus on playing our game,a Andre Schubert told their official website.
a We need to concentrate on the game and what is about to happen. For example, if the referee gives a penalty then we wona t try and persuade him otherwise. We will pick ourselves up and keep playing our football.
a We are, of course, looking forward to the match as it will be a great challenge. We want to try and get something on Wednesday and I am unbeaten against Manchester City. We drew 1-1 against their youth side with our U23s in the Premier League International Cup most recently.a
The Borussians can be expected to upset the Citizens as the latter have hit a bad patch of form lately, after a scintillating start to their campaign. In addition, Manuel Pellegrini can only hope for a decent result as he would be forced to land his squad without injured stalwarts in Yaya Toure, David Silva and Vincent Kompany, who are hands-down the backbone of the team.
