After mauling Liverpool 5 -0 in the Premier League on Saturday, City now travel to face the Dutch champions — who face a daunting prospect after a 15 -year absence from the group stage of the competition.
Eyes in particular will be on City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, whose sublime form played a major part in the Liverpool drubbing and who is sure to sniff out and exploit weaknesses in Feyenoord’ s midfield and defence.
Feyenoord may have beaten Heracles 4 -2 in a Dutch top -flight match over the weekend, but their opponents came dangerously close to scoring more goals — a fact no doubt that will play on coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst ’ s mind.
The Rotterdam club faced a further blow up front after leading striker Nicolai Jorgensen came off with a leg muscle injury 21 minutes into the Heracles game .
The 26 -year-old Danish international — last year’ s Eredivisie top scorer with 21 goals in 32 games — will not play in the City match which opens their Group F campaign, Feyenoord announced on Monday.
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