David Wagner knows 'extraordinary' effort needed to beat league leaders
ByPA Sport
Published 24/11/2017 at 17:34 GMT
Huddersfield manager David Wagner knows an extraordinary effort is needed to pull off the "impossible" and beat runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner celebrates after beating Manchester United earlier in the season
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Pep Guardiola's swashbuckling side arrive in West Yorkshire on Sunday looking to secure a win that would set a new record Premier League points tally of 37 after 13 games.
Wagner has been blown away by "breath-taking" City but now hopes to bring their unbeaten run to a halt, just as he did with Manchester United last month.
Jose Mourinho's men were out thought and outfought as Huddersfield celebrated one of their best wins in decades, but doing the Manchester double is a big ask.
"Realistic (to the double)? I think the circumstance does not look that realistic," said Wagner, whose side lost 4-0 at 10-man Bournemouth last weekend.
"But everybody knows that in football sometimes the impossible happens and we will see how it looks like on Sunday.
"I think everybody knows that Man City at the minute are the best team in the Premier League and this means probably one of the best teams in Europe, and the world.
"I think they play fantastic football at the minute.
"They have a very, very good manager with Pep and even if we had some experience with them (in the FA Cup last season) we know exactly what is in front of us.
"If we like to be successful, we know that every individual of us has a personal borderline and we have to change our borderline on Sunday to be successful. This is what we try.
"The good thing is that everybody is aware how exciting this moment will be for us. This is exactly the opponents which we now have in front of us, why we were so happy when celebrating our promotion in Wembley.
"This is what it is so now we have the games in front of us, it feels more like Champions League for us at Huddersfield Town rather than Premier League.
"We and all our supporters understand we have to step over our borderline and create something very special, very extraordinary if we like, to have a chance.
"And we will search for a chance. You always have a chance, even if it looks like that it is only a small one, which we have on Sunday."
Wagner knows the Terriers will have to catch City on an off day, having being hit 4-0 when title rivals Tottenham turned up in September.
"I think in both games we were brave," the Huddersfield boss said, comparing the loss to Spurs to the 2-1 win against United.
"In both games we were confident, in both games we followed out game plan. In one game it worked, in the other game it didn't work.
"This is what I expect from ourselves: that we will be brave again, that we will be confident again, that we take energy from the stand into our game and follow our idea and hopefully our idea is a good one.
"And then we should not forget the opponent, if the opponents have the quality like Tottenham, Man United or Man City.
"Tottenham were at their very, very best on this day, Man United maybe they were not on their best on this day.
"Nobody knows which Man City will show on Sunday."
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