Daily Mirror

BRAZIL BOSS: IT WILL BE JUST LIKE WATCHING ...MAN CITY

- BY DARREN LEWIS

BRAZIL coach Tite has revealed Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are his World Cup inspiratio­n.

The five-time champions will again boast a formidable array of talent in Russia this summer.

But Tite said that League Cup winners and Premier League

champions-elect City are masters at breaking down teams who park the bus.

He said: “Man City are the best at breaking a backline of five – that’s why I watch their games.

“They have the chance to face an opponent with a backline of five in every game, we only faced England so we didn’t have time to develop a solution.”

Tite also intends to pair City’s Gabriel Jesus with Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino in Russia. He said: “I can see Firmino playing with Jesus.

“Coutinho and Neymar as playmakers behind the two strikers could be a solution against deep opponents.”

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