Pep Guardiola cut a relaxed figure ahead of the seismic run of games that will define Manchester City's season.
Over the next 11 days, City will twice face Atletico Madrid and title rivals Liverpool, four matches that will effectively make or break their campaign. With so much at stake, Guardiola could be forgiven for feeling the heat, but was in a playful mood, sarcastically dismissing the notion he overthinks at the business end of the Champions League.
In last year's final against Chelsea, Guardiola played without a holding midfielder as City lost 1-0, while in the quarter-finals against Lyon a year earlier, he switched to a back three and suffered a 3-1 defeat.
