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'They are the best team in the world - the best I have met by far': Man City are 'Champions League favourites' this season, insists Copenhagen skipper Viktor Claesson... as he hails 'killer in the box' Erling Haaland

FC Copenhagen's stand-in captain Viktor Claesson admits stopping Manchester City and the "killer" Erling Haaland is the toughest footballing task he has ever faced.

The Sweden international and his colleagues were unable to halt or even slow City at the Etihad Stadium last week, slumping to a 5-0 defeat in their first of two Champions League clashes.

The reverse Group G fixture takes place in the Danish capital on Tuesday and, although City could make changes, with last-16 qualification not yet finalised Claesson is not expecting the task to get any easier.