Pep Guardiola says that he will use all five of his available substitutes in each of the remaining Premier League matches, to give Manchester City the best possible chance of Champions League success when the competition resumes.

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City face Arsenal on Wednesday night as domestic football returns for the first time since the fixture was postponed exactly 14 weeks ago at the start of the coronavirus outbreak.

Since then, the country has been in lockdown, but June 17 marks a major step on the road to recovery.

City are second in the Premier League table, with little chance of catching runaway leaders Liverpool who are just two wins away from clinching the title.

However, Guardiola’s side are in the last-16 of the Champions League and won the first leg of their tie against Real Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu in February.

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UEFA are expected to sign off a 12-day mini-tournament held in Lisbon in August among the eight quarter-finalists, with Guardiola already beginning to plan how to win the one major trophy that he is yet to bring to Manchester.