Manchester City star Yaya Toure insists Juventus still Europa League favourites

17 September 2010 07:44
Yaya Toure still believes Juventus are Europa League favourites even though Manchester City have already swept past them in Group A.[LNB]While City were recording a comfortable 2-0 triumph over Salzburg in Austria, Juve were having a difficult evening in their Turin stronghold.[LNB] City slicker: Yaya Toure in action against Salzburg[LNB]The Italian giants found themselves two goals down to Polish minnows Lech Poznan.Then, after staging a comeback to lead 3-2, they conceded in the final minutes to allow the visitors to claim a point.[LNB]As City must face Juventus at Eastlands in a fortnight, the task of beating them looks very manageable.[LNB]But Toure still has immense respect for the 'Old Lady' of Serie A and is not discounting them just yet.[LNB]'Istill feel Juventus are the favourites,' he said. 'They are a very bigteam and for that reason alone they deserve some respect.[LNB]'Weneed to keep our concentration and work hard in training because thatgame is very important for us, if only because it is our first at homein this competition.'[LNB] Delight: Artjoms Rudnevs celebrates with team-mate Ivan Djurdjevic after scoring Lech Poznan's equaliser[LNB]Nevertheless, Toure accepts last night's results worked in City's favour. Victory in a fortnight would leave City perfectly placed to seal a spot in next year's knockout round with four games still to go.[LNB]Not that Toure believes the Blues can take anything for granted. 'It is a good for us that Juventus drew,' he said. 'But when you see a team with that kind of standing drawing at home against one like Poznan, it makes you realise football these days is not so easy.[LNB]'Our aim is to win this group. We need to concentrate and work hard to achieve it.'[LNB] [LNB]  

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