da mrbet: Pep Guardiola and his men are going for an astonishing eleventh straight victory in all competitions tonight in the Champions League against Celtic.
da winzada777: In anyone’s books this run is impressive but what’s made it even more so is the fact that Pep Guardiola has only been at the club since the summer.
These results look as though the former Bayern Munich man has been at the club for ages so the most ominous thing is that, as his side get used to his methods more, they’re only going to get better.
City are four points clear at the top of the Premier League already and put Borussia Monchengladbach away with ease in the opening Champions League game, so it really is going to be a tough night for Celtic.
The Citizens, then, should be looking to win and if they go with this line-up that’s exactly what they’ll do…
Goalkeeper
Claudio Bravo looks like he’ll start most games for now at least. If and when City qualify for the knockout stages,, we may then see Willy Caballero start.
Defenders
The centre-half partnership is a shoe-in with John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi both to start but it’s the full-backs that Guardiola needs to think about.
Celtic are going to try and counter-attack with pace so City may go with Bacary Sagna and Gael Clichy at the back as they are the two quickest defenders they have.
Midfielders
Expect Ilkay Gundogan to now be the one holding player coming deep to start attacks instead of Fernandinho, who may now find first team football hard to come by.
Further forward, Kevin De Bruyne is out, so Raheem Sterling could be asked to play more central with David Silva as he did at Liverpool. Out on the flanks, Leroy Sane and Nolito should get the chance to play.
Forward
There can only be one man to do this job, Sergio Aguero. He’s been in scintillating form this season and if Celtic want to stand a chance they’ll need to somehow stop him.
The Line-Up
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It’s a pretty frightening looking line-up for Celtic fans and that’s without De Bruyne and Vincent Kompany in the side.
An attacking line-up and one that should secure all three points.