Guardiola urges players to treat Barca match like a cup final

Manchester City find themselves five points behind Barcelona on their Champions League group and were recently soundly beaten by the La Liga champions at the Nou Camp.

Pep Guardiola has urged his team to treat the match like a cup final in order to try to beat Barcelona.

"Every manager has his plan to try and beat Barcelona. They know us and we know them," said Guardiola said.

"Football is unpredictable. But for us this is a cup final and we have to play in that way".

Guardiola also believes that his side were unlucky in the previous fixture against Barcelona as they were faced with the "impossible" task of playing with 10 men.

"It is always difficult to play against them when it is 11 v 11," he added. "If it is 10 v 11 then it's almost impossible. Sometimes it has been unfair but sometimes it's our mistake".