Pep Guardiola's pumped up and passionate pre-match speeches contain a mountain of tactical instructions, but Kevin De Bruyne revealed he often omits the line-up.
The Spaniard's approach has landed him three Premier League titles since arriving back in 2016, and his eccentric style was exposed to English fans in Amazon's All or Nothing series.
De Bruyne had spent a year in Manchester before Guardiola arrived and will go down as one of the greatest players to experience his mentorship. The midfielder is well accustomed to the manager's quirks by now.
The Belgian midfielder told the MIDMID podcast: 'We always have a meeting before a match and Guardiola will then say "we are going to do this and this and that.