When it comes to positions and formations, you have to take everything Pep Guardiola says with an Everest-sized pinch of salt.
The manager stood there beaming in his pre-RB Leipzig interview on BT Sport and told the reporter that Manchester City always line up with a back four and Nathan Ake would be playing left-back for the game. Fast forward to 30 seconds after kick-off and it was clearly not the case.
City were in a back three that consisted of Ake while Kyle Walker pushed up on the right, Jack Grealish manned the left and Bernardo Silva was everywhere. It's not the first time Guardiola has said one thing only for a completely different one to happen.
