Control: if Manchester City do not achieve this versus RB Leipzig on Tuesday then their Champions League fate will be a toss of a coin, according to Pep Guardiola, as he plots a route beyond the Bundesliga’s third-placed side into the quarter-finals.
The tie is poised at 1-1 as Marco Rose’s side arrives at the Etihad Stadium for a high-stakes night. Guardiola, who has a fully fit squad, is concerned that an open contest would mean less chance of progression, having reviewed the opening leg. “In the first half we were better.
In the second half they were better,” he says. “We saw the game [again] and we’ve tried to figure out what we are going to do.
We’ll try to adjust a few things that will maybe help us to have more control and play a bit better. “I believe in transition games it is always [the toss of] a coin.