Pep Guardiola speaks to Sky. “We always try to anticipate what is going to happen … I don’t know … the team is training good since the Club World Cup … they came back from their short holidays good … training sessions are good … now they try to win games … it’s the first game of the season … this is my tenth season … we will try to be as consistent as possible … the key months will be November, December, January and February.”

He also reports that Ederson is ill with a stomach bug – so put that Galatasaray chat on hold – and that Rodri will be available again “very soon”.