Chris Wilder says he doesn't have a clue how he will stop Manchester City when he takes his Sheffield United side to the Etihad in the Premier League on Saturday.
City are on an 11 game winning run, while the Blades recorded just their second win of the season at Manchester United this week. They will have to put in another heroic performance to stop City, though, with Pep Guardiola's men in superb form recently which peaked with the 5-0 mauling of West Brom.
Asked before the trip to the Etihad of his side's prospects, Wilder could only laugh when it was put to him that the absence of Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero might give the Blades a better chance.
"Well that makes it a load easier, doesn't it!" he interrupted. "That makes it unbelievably easier. That's it then, it's an away win! Go on name another one and that makes it a little easier.
"Sergio Aguero, if he doesn't play that makes it a lot easier because their form has really dipped since them two haven't been playing."
Wilder continued, recalling his evening watching City score five unanswered goals past West Brom on Tuesday and hearing his name on the TV commentary of the game.
He said: "I haven't got a clue! It was quite funny, Robbie Savage was doing the coverage of the West Brom game and the commentator said 'if Chris Wilder's watching this how does he stop Man City?' Robbie Savage said he'll come up with a plan.
"I was chuckling and I text Rob and I said, 'Rob, I haven't got a clue! Give us a clue because I haven't got a clue how to stop this side. We'll try and muster something up."
Wilder continued, telling a reporter to pass his comments on to Pep Guardiola, and praising City's ability to create an ever-changing formation, especially in attack.
"Do it [tell Guardiola he hasn't got a plan]! I'm alright with that because I haven't! What we'll do is we'll look after the front three or front four or front six or front eight because I don't think anyone has an answer to the way they're playing at the moment because they're playing that well but we'll do our best as we always will."
