Pep Guardiola has an interesting theory on the bust-up between Sadio Mane and Leroy Sane
Pep Guardiola has shared his thoughts on the bust-up between Sadio Mane and Leroy Sane ahead of Manchester City's trip to Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
The Blues dominated their German counterparts last week as they will take a healthy three-goal advantage into this week's quarter-final second-leg tie.
Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland scored at the Etihad, but the game was marred by the incident involving Bayern forwards Mane and Sane.
They clashed on the field, with the Senegalese then sensationally punching his teammate in the dressing room following an argument.
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Mane has since been handed a 'record' fine by Bayern, who resumed their Bundesliga campaign over the weekend, drawing at home to Hoffenheim.
But Guardiola fears the altercation between Mane and Sane will galvanise Thomas Tuchel's side as they look to overturn the first-leg deficit.
He believes 'sometimes you need conflict' to motivate the team and is convinced they won't give up in the tie.
"Absolutely, sometimes you need conflict to make the team more together, I am pretty sure of that," said the Man City boss.
"It's not a weak point, it will be a strong point against us."
Guardiola added: "I know this club perfectly, I can imagine the situation against City; we play there, the players will do their best.
"Bayern will do their best on Wednesday but I am pretty sure what happened there.
"If it was the opposite and we had lost 3-0 and didn't win today and there was some conflict, the team would say it is a final for us and we know exactly what we have to do and we will do it."
Man City prepared for their big European meeting with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Leicester City last Saturday.
John Stones opened the scoring, with Haaland bagging a first-half brace before being replaced at the break.
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Topics: Football, Pep Guardiola, Sadio Mane, Leroy Sane, Bayern Munich, Man City
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