Copenhagen have learned from their 5-0 defeat to Manchester City, and will be a far greater threat in the return fixture in the Champions League this week.
That is the promise of their captain Viktor Claesson, who believes City are favourites to win the Champions League this season due to their new 'killer' in the box - Erling Haaland.
Summer signing Haaland scored two in the first half against Copenhagen last week before being taken off at half-time with the score 3-0. And Claesson believes that stopping Haaland is easier said than done, saying that to prevent him from scoring, a team must ensure he never gets the ball in the box.
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Speaking after the 5-0 defeat last Wednesday, Claesson told reporters: "We know it was a bonus to get any points from this game. I hope we can learn from it and make it better in the next game on Tuesday. We were not there and they are the best team in the world – the best by far I have met.
"They play simple but with no mistakes. Then they have a striker in the box – whenever it comes there he just scores. It's not like you have to stop him in open play, he is not there so much, but when the ball comes into the box he is a killer there. He just scores all the time.
"For me they are the favourites [for the Champions League]. They have been for the last couple of years but haven't succeeded in the final part. But it is the best team I have met by far. Now they have a real striker as well. Before they had good players, with the touches, no mistakes, simple play but now they also have the killer in the box."
However, despite the praise, Claesson insits that Copenhagen will benefit from their defeat and are confident in learning lessons from the Etihad trip.
He said: "We can learn from this game both with and without the ball. We can do much better than we did.
"They are brilliant. Of course they lost a bit of edge in the second half when they changed so much of the team but we also saw that we were down a few goals. We also took out some players to rest. We've learned a lot with and without the ball and we were more solid in the second half. I hope we can bring a better performance on Tuesday."
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