So Pep Guardiola will not need much of a team talk before the second leg of this tie in Manchester next Tuesday. The detail of what is required was all played out in Paris here.
For half a game against PSG, Manchester City were not themselves. Guardiola’s plan appeared to be to try to contain Mauricio Pochettino’s team.
It did not work. The Premier League champions-elect created hardly a chance. The nine shots taken on the City goal was the most by anyone in any competition against them this season.