G.Jesus Aguero Mahrez
Bernardo De Bruyne
Mendy Gundogan Walker
Laporte Stones
Ederson
Bravo, Otamendi, Kompany, Fernandinho, Foden/Silva, Sterling, Sane
So difficult to choose but given that we're facing a team that has pretty successfully parked the bus against us in the past and Pep has openly talked about trying different things to combat it I could see a few changes
- GJ up top with Aguero for an extra body in the box, Mendy providing the width
- Gundogan over Dinho due to being better on the ball & Dinho not looking particularly matchfit
- I assume Mahrez was bought to play these games
- Walker can create some overlaps but I'd expect KDB to be under/overlapping Mahrez more often with Walker almost playing in a back 3 vs any counter
Wouldn't surprise me tho if we went the opposite route in the wing positions in terms of spreading Huddersfield's backline and then overloading the space infront of their CBs with Mahrez moving inside. A similar setup to the 1st half of the CL 2nd leg vs LFC with an extra attackminded midfield player
Sane --------- Aguero ------- Sterling
Bernardo Mahrez De Bruyne
Fernandinho
Laporte Stones Walker
Ederson
Bravo, Mendy, Otamendi, Kompany, Gundogan, Foden/Silva, G.Jesus
Choices, choices...