Having comfortably dispatched Copenhagen, Pep Guardiola cheekily refused to answer questions about Sunday’s blockbuster with Liverpool until his next media conference on Friday.
‘If I answer the questions, you would not come on Friday and I want to see you all,’ he smiled, a manager in control and aware his team are peaking at the right time for the biggest contest of the season.
City go to Anfield trailing their rivals by a point at the top of the table but with 24 hours more to prepare, with Jurgen Klopp’s side also facing a flight back from Prague after Europa League activity on Thursday.