Man City press conference LIVE Pep Guardiola and Erling Haaland speak after major training call made

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Manchester City's press conference ahead of the Champions League tie with Borussia Dortmund.

Both teams have made strong starts in Europe with the pair locked together on seven points from three games ahead of Wednesday night's clash at the Etihad.

Blues boss Pep Guardiola will be joined by star striker and former Dortmund man Erling Haaland to speak to the media. The City chief will address his decision to cancel training today and afford his players a day off, while Haaland will talk his flying start to the season and facing his former club.

We will bring you all the updates as soon as they happen in our live blog below so stay with us.

Manchester City have reached an 'alternative arrangement' with UEFA to allow them not to train on the day before their Champions League match with Dortmund.

Pep Guardiola made the call on Monday after seeing his squad for a session after their Premier League game against Bournemouth, deciding that they would be better served having Tuesday off before they face Dortmund on Wednesday.

The decision impacts UEFA's expectations for Champions League matches. Under the section called 'Media Matters', the regulations detail how each club 'must make their training session on the day before the match open to the media for at least 15 minutes' as part of their service for broadcasting rights-holders, who pay UEFA for such access.

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So that big Guardiola decision we mentioned. Well it was to cancel training today.

It is an unprecedented step to cancel training the day before a Champions League game.

The Blues were expected to train on Tuesday afternoon as part of their preparations for their match against Dortmund. Usually, the first 15