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Bravo embraces facing Barcelona's forwards

Any other club in the world would naturally feel frightened for playing against Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez, especially the goalkeeper. But in Manchester City's case, Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo who has shared a locker room with all three Barcelona forwards. This means he is in a privileged position for having a special knowledge of every one of them. This means that far from feeling scared of facing them, he looks at this match as a challenge.

Three weeks ahead of traveling to Camp Nou with City, Bravo told UEFA's official website that: "I don't think facing Messi, Suarez and Neymar is a nightmare. I've never viewed an opposition striker as a nightmare, quite the opposite. You see it as a challenge and you want to be involved in those games, they're the high-profile games with some great players on the pitch. These are the matches that motivate you. Instead of being games that you fear, where you feel the opposition are better than you, the opposite happens and you usually feel stronger.

"As a goalkeeper, it was also beneficial for me to have them as teammates. I've also come up against them, they are very tough to play against and that's why they're up there with the very best. Now we've gone our separate ways and I'll always wish them the best, because they were great team-mates. I hope it will be a great game. Apart from being top players, they're great guys and you learn a lot from them, they perform at such a high level."

Photo credit: Claudio Bravo

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