When Pep Guardiola was asked for a musical comparison between his style of play and Jurgen Klopp's 'heavy metal' football, the Manchester City manager was momentarily lost for words.
'I don't know,' said Guardiola, shaking his head and breaking into a smile.
He knows he will have to come up with a better response on Saturday if City are to contain Klopp's Liverpool and improve on their miserable record at Anfield — where they have won only once in the last 35 years.
The Spaniard knows what to expect by now.