Mancester City manager Roberto Mancini, in a press conference in the run up to the match against Juventus, said:"Me coaching Juve? Why not, football is like that. I have never been an enemy of Juventus. I was a huge fan for years when I was a child so I have great respect for the club and the players. It will be a special match as it is the first time I am coaching an English team against Juventus. Obviously I miss home as anyone would but I am happy here. This is where I am living and working.''

Then he added: "We are working to improve, like Juve. We need time. We have the same targets. It is an important week. It is important after beating Chelsea we try to beat Juve and then deal with Newcastle. They will be two difficult games.''

Patrick Vieira spoke about his farewell at Juventus: "That's fooballers' life, I didn't want to play in Serie B".