Pep Guardiola has made no changes from the Manchester City side that beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in their Champions League quarter-final first leg as he looks to send his side into the semi-finals.
City fly to Bavaria with a three-goal lead under their belts after last week's convincing win at the Etihad. Rodri opened the scoring with a wonderful goal on 27 minutes before a second-half blitz saw Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland find the net.
Pep Guardiola has warned his players of Bayern's comeback potential, admitting during his Tuesday press conference that it 'is in the skin' of the German giants to do so. The City boss had the luxury of resting key players in the latter stages of Saturday's win over Leicester, with Haaland and John Stones removed at half-time while Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish came off after the break.
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And Guardiola has named a predictably strong starting line-up, with no changes from the side that dominated the first leg. Haaland and Grealish have been outstanding in recent weeks, and the pair have retained their places in the Blues frontline, with Bernardo Silva back in ahead of Riyad Mahrez.
With his side three goals up and needing a controlled second-leg performance, Guardiola has opted for experience and reliability in midfield with De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Rodri across the midfield.
Similarly, across the back-four, the Blues boss has prioritised solidity with Stones, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake lining up in front of the ever-present Ederson. As in last week's win, Stones will be expected to push into central midfield alongside Rodri when his side are in possession.
It seems the sensible choice from Guardiola to keep things stable and back his players to do what they did last week. And City fans have taken to social media to praise the Spaniard for keeping it simple.
City starting line-up in full: Ederson; Stones, Dias, Akanji, Ake; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Bernardo, Haaland, Grealish
Subs: Ortega, Carson, Laporte, Walker, Lewis, Gomez, Phillips, Perrone, Palmer, Foden, Mahrez, Alvarez
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