PEP GUARDIOLA hit back at critics by joking he might play with NINE strikers in the return leg against RB Leipzig.
Manchester City drew 1-1 away in the first leg after allowing Leipzig back into the game.
Guardiola promised the return leg will be more open and he seemed tense having previously dismissed claims his team are too predictable with Erling Haaland earlier in the week.
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And after the Leipzig game he joked he would play nine strikers to guarantee progression.
“We don’t have the team to compete with them with a lot of transitions, they are better than us and they are faster than us, except Kyle (Walker) and Erling (Haaland).
“Maybe in the second leg I will be crazy and decide to play with nine strikers.
At the end of the game in Germany he even held a teamtalk with his squd on the pitch – reminiscent of when Phil Brown did the same with his Hull City side at the Etihad in 2008.
The Spaniard is also fearful of being judged a failure if City fail to win the Champions League.
He said: “People say because we have this name or whatever [City should win it], but I always have the feeling it’s so difficult to do that [win the Champions League].
