Pep Guardiola has warned his Man City side that they may be going through "one of the first-class players in history" whilst they come up towards Cristiano Ronaldo in the Manchester derby on Saturday.
Ronaldo scored a brace to rescue a point for Man Utd in their 2-2 draw with Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday night, while City managed to appearance lacklustre in spite of beating Club Brugge four-1 on Wednesday.
Guardiola said submit-sport that he changed into now not in a position to observe United's midweek sport live, however he knows what form of chance they pose with Ronaldo up front regardless.
"I didn't see the United healthy [against Atalanta], I'm going to examine and to see what they may be so I understand how good they're," Guardiola informed a press conference. "We saw it ultimate season. They have one of the exceptional gamers in records, a man who can be a scoring system."
The Catalan had told the media that City's clash with Brugge turned into greater crucial than the derby earlier in the week, but clarified that he was talking in cliches and became absolutely regarding the next recreation being the most essential.
"People [were upset] for the reality I said these days is extra vital than United and it changed into," Guardiola added. "Now, the maximum critical game ever is United.
"The 2nd 1/2 [against Brugge] was in reality exact. A suitable sport, exact victory. We need one point to undergo, 3 factors to win the group."
Guardiola also refused to criticise the fixture schedule regardless of City having just 48 hours to prepare for the derby, which kicks off at 12.30pm on Saturday.
"If they need us to play the next day, we are able to play tomorrow," he stated. "The agenda is the schedule. We can be at Old Trafford at 12.30 on Saturday."
