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Manchester City must show Celtic respect at Parkhead - John Stones

Manchester City must be careful that they do not become another victim of a Celtic upset when they meet in the Champions League, defender John Stones has warned.

Close to 60,000 are expected at Celtic Park for the Group C clash as the Scottish champions bid to make it another famous European night.

AC Milan, Manchester United, Benfica, Lyon, Porto, Juventus and Ajax have all lost Champions League games at the venue and then-holders Barcelona famously lost there in November of 2012, shortly after Pep Guardiola had left the club.

"The Champions League is a big occasion and it will be a great ground for me to play at personally. It's a big club and it will be a great occasion for everyone," Stones told reporters.

"You have to show respect to the opposition. They've obviously got quality, that's why they're in the Champions League. The teams that are in it, deserve to be in it and we've worked hard to get in it. It's one that we'll be fully up for and I'm sure they will be as well. It's going to be exciting for everyone.

"We don't expect to win it. We want to do it definitely. Every game in the Champions League, as I've been told and as I've experienced so far, is an important one. There's no easy game in the group stage or any competition in my opinion. And that's why we'll show respect to the opposition and obviously go and play how we play."

Celtic lost their opening group game 7-0 to Barcelona and were beaten by Gibraltarian part-timers Lincoln Red Imps in a qualifying game earlier in the competition.

But Stones says City won't read anything into the result at the Nou Camp and insists City will need to be their best.

"We know what goes on in the group and we keep an eye on it but every game's different. You've got to show your opposition respect and always do that otherwise anything can happen and that's football," he added.

"They went away to Barcelona and obviously got beat and we're aiming to go up there and win and carry on our run from the group stage and the Premier League as well.

"They've got some good players. We talk a lot about the opposition but the quality that we've got, not only on the ball but off it, how we played [at Swansea on Saturday] and every game we've played is looking to work hard and get the ball back as quick as possible. I don't think we'll change our ways when we go up to Scotland."