Man City won’t be afraid to attack Monaco, says Caballero

Their first-leg clash with Monaco may have been an eight-goal extravaganza, but Manchester City stopper Willy Caballero insists his side will not curb their attacking intent in their attempt to progress in the Champions League.

Pep Guardiola’s side came back from both 2-1 and 3-2 down at the Etihad Stadium a fortnight ago to beat the French side 5-3 and take a two-goal advantage into this week’s decider.

With a place in the Champions League semi-finals on the line, many bosses would be tempted to shut up shop at the Stade Louis II and protect their lead, but Argentine shot-stopper Caballero believes that is not the best way to go about it.

“We have to play in a very professional way, trying to control the game and showing our experience,” he said.

“Keeping our style will be very important if we want to be in the next round. We are always focused on our attack and scoring goals. This is Pep’s main idea.

“His way of understanding football is very clear and we try to develop this idea on the pitch.

“We have to attack in the same way that we did here at the Etihad and if we do we’ll create chances and score goals. But the most important thing is to defend better than we did in the first leg.

“We have a two-goal difference from the home game, but we should not be overconfident. We have to think about what happened to PSG against Barcelona and think that nothing is done yet.”