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Manuel Akanji has his sights firmly set on the treble after Manchester City took a huge stride towards becoming only the second English side to achieve that feat.City ruthle sly swept aside 14-time European kings Real Madrid 4-0 on Wednesday to power into next months Champions League final.With the team also on the brink of securing their fifth Premier League title in Darren O Day Jersey six seasons and through to the FA Cup final, a glorious end to the season is on the cards. Claiming all three trophies would see Eddie Rosario Jersey them emulate the achievement of rivals Manchester United coincidentally their FA Cup opponents at Wembley in 1999.City defender Akanji, who joined the club from Boru sia Dortmund in September, said: First we have got to win the Premier League. Thats what we can do on the weekend and I hope we are going to do it.Then its two finals and we want to win both of them.It would be unbelievable. It is my first season here. It is the best team I have ever played in and we have been really confident in the second part of the season.I think weve done a really good job but weve got to keep it up until the end.Victory over Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday would see City clinch the Premier League Robbie Erlin Jersey with two games to spare.Manager Pep Guardiola would then have the luxury of being able to rest or rotate players ahead of their finals, against United on June 3 and Inter Milan in Istanbul a week later.Their stunning performance against Real, when they trampled all over the most succe sful club in European competition history to complete a 5-1 aggregate win, puts them at short odds to complete all Shane Greene Jersey three.Its a great feeling, said Switzerland defender Akanji, who was responsible for Citys third goal after his glancing header was deflected in by Eder Militao. From the first minute we stepped on the court we were confident.I think at home, in all the knockout games, we have had pretty impre sive wins. It shows how good we are here and now we Danny Santana Jersey have got to do this at the weekend as well to bring home the Premier League and then two other titles too.Bernardo Silva set up Citys victory with two first-half goals and Julian Alvarez completed the rout late on. |
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发表于 2023-5-31 19:15:17