Pep Guardiola thinks Sadio Mane’s dressing room bust-up with Bayern Munich teammate Leroy Sane proved ‘conflict’ is sometimes needed in football - and the Manchester City manager reckons it could help galvanise the German side in their bid to overturn a first-leg deficit.
City comfortably saw off the Bundesliga leaders in last week’s Champions League quarter-final tie. Goals from Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland mean Guardiola’s charges take a healthy 3-0 lead into Wednesday’s second leg at the Allianz Arena.
The host's dominance led to an argument between Mane and Sane on the pitch in the latter stages of the game, with things getting heated when they returned to the dressing room. Former Liverpool forward Mane is alleged to have punched Sane, the ex-City winger.
