Aston Villa V Man City - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.Aston Villa boss Remi Garde: Experience not the only thing you have to knowRemi Garde has dismissed suggestions he lacks the experience for Aston Villa's survival fight.The former Arsenal midfielder took up his first managerial role in England on Monday when he replaced the sacked Tim Sherwood at the Villa helm."Everybody had to start something in lifeI'm not a new manager," said the former France international, who takes control for the first time against unbeaten Manchester City on Sunday, with Villa bottom of the Barclays Premier League and reeling from seven straight defeats."I have been in football for more than 30 years in every position
As a football player I had the chance to play for Arsenal for three years
I know the country and the way fans in England love the game."This is why I wanted to be back in England
Lyon play in Europe every year and I managed more than 170 games there
Sometimes experience helps you."Sometimes it's not only a question of experience
I've got nothing against experience
One day I will be a very experienced manager, maybe."This is not the only thing you have to know
I'm only focused on getting to know the players
Unfortunately next week a lot will be away on international duty."Garde - a Premier League winner with the Gunners in 1998 - left Lyon to take a break in 2014 after three years at the Stade de Gerland which included Coupe de France glory in 2012.Former Bastia coach Reginald Ray has joined as assistant manager after Villa failed in their pursuit of Garde's former Lyon coaches Gerald Baticle and Bruno Genesio.The midlands club have scored just 10 goals - the second lowest in the division - this season and conceded 20 and Garde, who has Micah Richards back after a ban, insisted the key to success is simple."Football is about scoring goals and not conceding
You have to find the right balance between the two," the 49-year-old said."We need to improve in both situations
We will work out how to do it
We have started already
It's a new start for the team and each manager has his own view on football
I will try to do my best with this team with the view I want."City manager Manuel Pellegrini has welcomed Garde to the Premier League but hopes the new manager effect at Villa takes a week to kick in.With Villa two points adrift at the bottom of the Barclays Premier League and City top heading into the weekend's fixtures, form would suggest Pellegrini has little to worry about.But the Chilean does not see it that way, wary of the bounce Garde could spark after shaking things up in training this week."I am expecting him to delay one week more," said Pellegrini, jokingly, when asked about Garde's likely impact
"No, always when you have a new manager you have some reaction."It is very difficult for me to say how they will approach it
It depends on the mentality of the new manager, it depends on a lot of things."The important thing is we must expect that we have have a strong and difficult team in front of us."Pellegrini met Garde briefly, just as the Frenchman was embarking on his managerial career with Lyon as he visited former Arsenal team-mate Patrick Vieira, now City's head of elite development, at the club's training base."He was here in Carrington two years ago," he said
"He is a friend of Patrick Vieira's and he wanted to talk about football and working."He is a young and experienced manager, having been at an important club like Lyon
I am sure and I hope he will have a very good performance - after our game with Aston Villa."Pellegrini has earned plaudits for some of his tactical decisions in recent weeks
During the goalless derby draw at Manchester United a fortnight ago, Pellegrini opted for caution in the closing stages to secure a point after realising United had nullified his usual attacking game
In previous seasons he has been criticised for sticking stubbornly to his default attacking approach.Then, in midweek, Pellegrini's successful deployment of three central midfielders in Fernando, Fernandinho and Yaya Toure worked superbly as they claimed an impressive 3-1 win at Sevilla in the Champions League
This was hailed as a sign of growing maturity in Europe after past seasons of struggle against the continent's elite.Pellegrini, however, played down his input, claiming some of the changes have been enforced by injuries.The 62-year-old said: "I don't agree with that
We have managed all the season to play without important players, and we are always working in a different way with different strikers, without strikers, with one striker, with two strikers or with one midfielder
A lot of changes that depend on the characteristics of the players we have available."This season is exactly the same as the last two seasons and if you ask me the first season was the best one - we scored (nearly) 160 goals (158)."When you win it is all perfect
When you lose, maybe people talk about (things like) why Kevin De Bruyne didn't play."City's trip to Villa Park comes too soon for playmaker David Silva, who remains sidelined with an ankle injury
Pellegrini has expressed hope the Spaniard, along with Sergio Aguero, Samir Nasri and Pablo Zabaleta, will be fit after the upcoming international break
Source : DSG
Source: DSG