The Spanish outfit are in England for their Group A clash against Roberto Mancini’s men, with both sides searching for their first win in Europe’s premier club competition this season.
While Villarreal have lost both their opening matches, City have picked up just a point but will head into the clash at the Etihad Stadium as favourites because of their impressive domestic form that has seen them reach the summit of the Premier League.
Garrido, though, insists that City should consider his team pushovers at their own peril and is confident in his players’ ability to get something from Matchday Three.
“Nobody gives us a chance, but we want to show what we can do and that Villarreal really do have top players,” the Spaniard is quoted as saying by Uefa.com.
“We’re not in the best situation but we’re all good professionals; we all enjoy our job, we’re confident in the work we’re doing and we’ll all relish coming to a place like this and playing against the kind of players City have.
“We need to show bravery, guts and the players need to want the ball all the time against every team.
“Of course that’s harder against a great side like City but we’ve got to take the initiative, show our class, play our football, try and control the game, hold on to the ball and demonstrate our best qualities.”
The other game in the group on Tuesday is between second-placed Napoli and leaders Bayern Munich in Naples.
