Karim Benzema sends message to Manchester City ahead of Champions League clash

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has sent a message to Manchester City ahead of the club's Champions League clash. The Citizens will face Zinedine Zidane's side at Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night for the first leg. The Catalan giants have won the Champions League in four of the last six seasons. However, Benzema knows it won't be easy against Pep Guardiola's side. He told UEFA: "What I can say about City is that they're a good team with a very good coach. They're a team that play with the ball, who aren't scared to make lots and lots of passes. It's going to be an even game. [The Champions League] represents a lots of things - there's something different [about it], the emotions are not the same. That comes automatically in fact. It's not that you don't give as much in other competitions, but in the Champions League, I don't know... there's something about it. In Madrid, we have in our minds at the start of the season trying to win everything. It's not even trying, you have to win everything. Afterwards, you have to be lucky. You have to be good at the right time. But I would say that this year, compared to last year, the fact of having lost [last season against Ajax] allows you to question yourself. To have this motivation that makes you look even higher. This year, we want to do something good, whether in La Liga or in the Champions League."

Source: MEN

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