Does Mikel Arteta want a striker? Well, having had a bid rejected for Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins earlier in the day, Arteta stuck Kai Havertz - his only recognised striker - on the bench.
With 12 first-team heavyweights left in England, Liverpool's travelling party to the Netherlands represented an ensemble cast of fringe players and teenagers.
Madrid knocked them out of Europe last season, but City trounced both Los Blancos and Bayern on their way to the title in 2022-23.
The Aston Villa striker is hot property this month with a number of clubs pushing to land his signature - but it appears Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr are closing in on striking a deal.
MANCHESTER CITY 3-1 CLUB BRUGES - OLIVER HOLT AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: We need not have worried. Pep Guardiola need not have worried as they came from behind to win.