Pep Guardiola would prefer the authorities to suspend competitions in response to coronavirus rather than play behind closed doors.
The Manchester City manager believes it is a matter of time before matches are affected in the UK ahead of facing Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night.
But Guardiola warned that suspending the season makes more sense than staging games without supporters.
'We are conscious of it because it's happened in Italy, the league is suspended,' Guardiola said. 'Spain is behind closed doors (for the next two weeks) and I think it'll happen here.