"I prefer to play before United," said the Spanish defender. "If we can win, maybe they will play against City with a bit more pressure.
"You never know, if they lose their next game they may feel the pressure and you don't know what will happen, so it is important we keep pressing them.
"It's important for us to focus on our own game, do our job and afterwards we can see what they do. But for me, it is better to play before them."