Pep Guardiola has faced Manchester United on two occasions in the Premier League this season and each time, he's provided a tactical masterclass. When the two sides met in November, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was in the charge of the Reds and to ensure his team remained defensively resolute, he opted for a back three system.
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Manchester City will be going in search of a fifth consecutive victory in all competitions when they welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening.
City, who were beaten 1-0 by Spurs on the opening weekend of the season back in August, continued their excellent run of form with a scintillating 5-0 win over Sporting Lisbon in the first-leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday evening, thanks to goals from Bernardo Silva (2), Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling.
Victory in Lisbon, which has all but sealed City's place in the quarter-finals, extended their winning run to four games, meaning confidence will be sky-high within the squad ahead of Spurs' visit.
With Liverpool in action earlier in the day on Saturday, City's lead at the top may have been reduced to six points by the time they kick-off at 5:30pm, meaning there may be a sense of pressure on the players to rediscover a nine-point advantage.
But how to do the pundits think City will get on against Antonio Conte's side?
Mark Lawrenson - BBC Sport
"Tottenham beat Manchester City on the opening weekend of the season, but there are plenty of reasons it has not turned into the campaign that Spurs fans would have hoped for on the back of that result," Lawrenson told BBC Sport.
"Antonio Conte started really well when he replaced Nuno Espirito Santo as Tottenham manager in November, but their recent form and results have been poor. I don't think they are strong enough defensively but, more than anything, I am just not sure what sort of state they are in psychologically, because all does not seem very happy in their camp.
"City? Well they just keep on winning. They took Sporting Lisbon apart in style on Tuesday and it will take
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