Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has already faced up to his Champions League “disaster” and insists it is now full steam ahead for Manchester City in their drive for Porto glory.
The Blues boss says he knows what his team will be - or at least he did, before Ilkay Gundogan limped out of training with a worrying thigh injury.
And he is confident that he has drilled his instructions on the game plan into his players after having the rarity of two days in which to prepare.
But Guardiola has also faced the moment he dreads, telling the players who will not be in the starting eleven that they will start on the bench.
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