Frank Lampard is convinced Manchester City possess enough quality in their squad to turn around their Champions League last-16 tie with Barcelona.
The midfielder has plenty of experience against the Catalans, having faced them on numerous occasions as a Chelsea player in the past, with his former side defying the odds in the 2012 semi-finals to eventually lift the trophy at Bayern Munich’s expense.
“There’s nothing wrong with being written off,” he told City’s official website.
“We’re certainly still in the tie though if it had been 3-1 or 4-1 in their favour, it would be a bit more understandable.
“I’ve been in too many games like this where you don’t perform in one game but it’s a complete turnaround in the second leg.
“Make no bones about it – Barcelona are obviously favourites; they’re ahead 2-1 and they are at home so they have the advantage, but we have the quality at this club to turn this game around.
“Our general principle going into the game is to win it and try and score the goals we need so we’ll take all that on board,” said Lampard.
“Is it a smart move to go all-out attack at the Nou Camp? I’m not so sure but I’m sure we’re good enough and smart enough to go into the match with the right attitude to win.
“We shouldn’t think about the amount of goals we need on the night because you can become quite desperate.
“But if we perform as we can trying to play attacking football while defending very well, the goals will hopefully come as a consequence.”
