And he has urged the fans to push the side to a victory required at the Etihad Stadium if we are to make it into the top eight of the league phase.
Ahead of the game on 28 January at 20:00 (UK), City currently sit 11th in the table, among eight teams on 13 points fighting to avoid finishing in a play-off position.
We would still need other results to go our way but a win is a must, although many of the side that featured in Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Wolves will be unavailable.
New signings Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guéhi are ineligible for the Champions League until the knockout stages while Rodri will miss out following his red card against Bodo/Glimt.
“We need our fans,” Guardiola said ahead of the game against the Turkish club.
“Marc cannot play, Antoine cannot play, Rodri cannot play, apart from all the players on the sidelines.
“Nico will not be ready. Savinho will not be ready, Stones will not be ready. A long list but hopefully our stands can encourage us to try it.
“We will continue in this competition, last season at this stage we played against Brugge and if we lost we went home. That will not happen this time.
“Of course we want to finish in the first eight. We have to win our game and wait for what happens.”
Bernardo Silva will return after missing last week’s trip to Norway through suspension.
And Guardiola says that he will always feels better when our captain is available, particularly after another strong performance against Wolves, as we cut the gap at the top of the Premier League to four points.
“I sleep better when I decide to play him in the team and I have to take care of my health,” he added.
“He’s another type. He’s a competitor and he has fire in his eyes still. Hopefully he can inoculate this fire to the rest of the group.
“How we defend every single ball, how we read what we have to do. The guy who creates excuses forgets the mistakes and he never finds excuses.
“He is special because of how he competes in every single game. Sometimes he cannot because he is exhausted.
“He has played the most minutes with me in 10 seasons here, it’s because he’s really good.”
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