at the bet365 stadium to see if they can do that is slive's conor mcnamara.is evening. they could get a victory, not many people expect them to do so, it would move them out of the relegation zone, it would be quite a turnaround for their manager, who has only had one defeat in the premier league. but manchester city are flying high at the top of the table, last time they faced each other manchester city 17-2. we faced each other manchester city 17—2. we will hear from faced each other manchester city 17—2. we will hearfrom pep guardiola in a moment but it first committee is the stoke boss and how he thinks his team can survive.|j think resolute and not lose games. ati think resolute and not lose games. at i think if we can go and win games, that is important, if we can look strong as a team, that is important. the lads understand where i'm coming from and they know what to expect, they know the situation we're in. which is really important. i can't ask for any more commitment than they have already given. what i said before, you know, before the puzzle games

watching it for 5 live later will be conor mcnamara.if you ask me, second orfourth, i say by the financial point of view, it doesn't make a difference. by the prestige point of view, it doesn't make a difference. you go to the champions league, even the fourth doesn't even have now to play the last qualification match. but by the personal point of view, second is better than third, and third is better than third, and third is better than third, and third is better than fourth. i think it gives us paul hart, with that spirit, with that determination, with that tactical discipline that the players are capable of showing, and some of the injured players will be returning soon to bolster our squad. it gives us great hope that we will be able to mount a very serious challenge to get out of the relegation zone, whilst accepting, with the quality of fixtures that we have, the quality we are playing, we might find ourselves back in the bottom three before we find ourselves closer to the middle of the table. and there will be full commentary of

conor mcnamara is the man on 5live duty for this one.ir progression to the champions league will be as straightforward as it was for liverpool last night, no team in champions league history has ever come back from this kind of deficit to win in the second leg but it was at this stage last year that barcelona came back to beat psg. basil are not barcelona, and some people are thinking that manchester city, with the improvements they have made, might rival the catalan giants. let's hear from have made, might rival the catalan giants. let's hearfrom city coach pep guardiola on whether he thinks manchester city will rival us alone. it is not good to compare us with that team because they dominated the la st that team because they dominated the last decade. with different managers, different players, and we just want a first title. to be joining this kind of teams, we have only won one title, that's for all. pep guardiola, hoping to be the a coach to win three times with different teams, carlo ancelotti obstinate, guardiola has reached the f