Manuel Pellegrini believes that today's victory against "Arsenal" would be of double value to his "Manchester City" team. The Chilean also says that the next nine days will show what can be expected from the season.
During this period, last year's "Premier League" champions will face the aforementioned "Gunners" and London's "Chelsea" on the domestic front, while in the UEFA Champions League they will have a match against "Bayern" Munich.
"This is a great test, as these three teams are very powerful," Pellegrini told journalists. "Now it is just the beginning of the season, so these matches will not decide the future, but it is very important to start collecting victories, as we need to recover from the defeat at home [against Stoke]."
"Of course, when fighting against the main rivals, these are always valuable matches, but for the home team they are even more important. When we compete against strong clubs, our team is highly motivated."
The Manchester team's strategist also mentioned that his players will have to play very well and praised the new "Arsenal" signings.
