Manchester: Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure returned to training on Tuesday on the eve of his side’s Champions League semi-final second leg away to Real Madrid.
The Ivory Coast international has missed City’s last two games, including last week’s 0-0 first-leg draw, with a thigh injury, but could now be in contention for the return match in the Spanish capital.
Spanish playmaker David Silva has been ruled out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the first leg, while French midfielder Samir Nasri is ineligible.
Manchester City’s coach Manuel Pellegrini insisted his team will look for goals on Wednesday, pressing from the very beginning of the match at the Bernabeu, an interview with El Mundo newspaper said.
Asked about other teams’ failure to score goals against Real Madrid during this season’s Champions League, Pellegrini said on Monday: “The statistics are (their) to be broken.”
The Chilean claimed Real Madrid were defensive at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester — and expressed disappointment over the 0-0 draw in the first leg.
“I think we had an attitude of trying to win the game. We will try to do exactly the same in Madrid ... But we won’t go to Santiago Bernabeu for another goalless draw. We will try to get up, press and score a goal, because we always want to score,” Pelligrini said.
When asked about his future after he hands over command of Manchester City to Spanish coach Pep Guardiola next season, the Chilean said that he wants to train a team with great capabilities — and did not rule out heading for Serie A or returning back to La Liga.
