Pep not yet fixed on how to pair forwards

PEP Guardiola has not decided on one way to play Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero in attack.

The South American pair started for just the second time together against West Brom and their performance was much improved on their first outing at Middlesbrough.

Whereas the manager had previously said he could not accommodate wingers into a team with the two forwards, Leroy Sane played on Tuesday in a much-changed set-up. That pleased Guardiola, although he is still happy to revert back depending on the opposition.

“The way we played against Middlesbrough was completely different to the way we played there [vs WBA] because the game against West Brom Jesus was not a ‘winger’, he was a little bit more inside, but just a little bit. Against Middlesbrough we played with two strikers.

“Gabriel in Brazil, when he was young, he always played in the sides, just in the last period in Brazil and when he came here he played as a striker.

“I said from the beginning that both can play together. It depends on the quality, I don’t know if Watford are going to defend with four or with five.

“Some teams play with five defenders, some with four, so it depends on that. Our way to attack, our way to defend is completely different. People say we play 4-3-3 but players move and there are many cases when you defend in one way and you attack in the other way.

“That is going to happen as well.”