Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says he left out Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus for Manchester City's Champions League quarter-final first leg in order to have more of the ball.
Guardiola's team vs Borussia Dortmund included Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne - but no Aguero, Jesus or Raheem Sterling.
It was the same side that beat Borussia Monchengladbach in the last-16 second leg, as City look to win a quarter-final first leg in Europe for the first time.
With just three days to prepare for this game, Guardiola says the focus since beating Leicester on Saturday has only been on City's play, as he explained why he opted to use a false nine, and
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