Pep Guardiola believes that Bayern Munich will be more dangerous opponents for Manchester City for the bizarre problems they have run into over the last week.
Thomas Tuchel’s side played well for the first hour at the Etihad in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final but were overwhelmed after that and face a stiff challenge to make the last four at 3-0 down in the tie.
Things have unravelled further in the squad since to present a picture of disharmony within a club that sacked their manager during the March international break.
An argument between teammates Sadio Mane and Leroy Sane as they left the Etihad pitch on Tuesday night carried on afterwards and remarkably ended up in Mane punching Sane in the face and earning a one-match suspension from Bayern as an internal punishment.