Pep Guardiola’s selection gamble backfires to leave Man City in precarious Champions League position

Those line-ups again. Ten changes for City from their 2-1 defeat to Newcastle, giving their second tier a chance to fight for regular places:

Manchester City Trafford; Khusanov, Stones (c), Ake, Ait Nouri; Lewis, Gonzalez Bobb, Reijnders; Savio, Marmoush
Substitutes Bettinelli, Donnarumma, Dias, Haaland, Cherki, Doku, Silva, Matheus Luiz, Foden, O’Reilly, Gvardiol

Bayer Leverkusen Flekken; Quansah, Bade, Belocian; Poku, Garcia, Maza, Grimaldo (c); Tillman, Kofane; Schick
Substitutes Lomb, Echeverri, Ben Seghir, Tella, Jeremiah Mensah, Culbreath, Hawighorst, Pohl, Schlich, Naba Mensah

Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro (Portugal)