#2 Will Manchester City’s defence stop MSN?
Pep Guardiola might be the best tactician in world football right now, however, he knows that it's not easy for the Manchester city defence to stop the deadly attacking trident of Messi, Neymar and Suarez.
If you analyse his managerial career in Barcelona and Bayern Munich, he never cared about the defence as he concentrated only on how to dominate possessions and destroy the opponents.
In the Premier league so far, he has been switching the full backs and defensive midfielders to the backline (in typical Guardiola style) and these tactics has helped him at times, if not every time. However, he knows that the real test for him and his back three lies when they go against the most formidable three in world football on Wednesday.
Last time when he visited Camp Nou he opted for a 4-3-3 formation and the Bayern Munich defence were well drilled until the 77th minute. But Lionel Messi’s two moments of genius plus a late Neymar strike spoiled pep Guardiola’s first return to his boyhood club as an opposition manager.
“When Messi is like this there is no defensive system or coach can stop him, it’s always impossible,“ said Guardiola after the defeat.
Manchester City have already conceded 7 goals in their past four Champions league meetings against Barcelona, therefore it’s understood that John Stones & Co needs to be at the top of their game to get a headline result on Wednesday.
