Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola fears the bust-up between Sadio Mane and Leroy Sane will galvanise Bayern Munich ahead of the Champions League clash against Manchester City on Wednesday.

Manchester City take a 3-0 lead to Bavaria for Wednesday’s second leg, courtesy of goals by Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland.

Following the defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, Mane struck Sane and left him with a bloodied lip as a disagreement that started on the pitch escalated into violence.

“Absolutely, sometimes you need conflict to make the team more together, I am pretty sure of that,” Guardiola said.

“It’s not a weak point, it will be a strong point against us.

“I know this club perfectly, I can imagine the situation against City; we play there, the players will do their best.

“Bayern will do their best on Wednesday but I am pretty sure what happened there.

“If it was the opposite and we had lost 3-0 and didn’t win today and there was some conflict, the team would say it is a final for us and we know exactly what we have to do and we will do it.”