Pep Guardiola was involved in an awkward moment with a reporter when asked about his Manchester City team selection.City beat Borussia Dortmund 4-1 in the Champions League with twogoals from Phil Foden, as well as strikes by Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki.Bernardo Silva was a notable absentee from the City line-up against DortmundAFPGuardiola chose to name some key players on the bench for the visit of the German side, including Rico Lewis and Omar Marmoush.Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva in particular were big omissions from the starting XI at the Etihad Stadium.Before the match, TNT Sports reporter Jules Breach asked Guardiola if his team selection was influenced by their clash against Liverpool on Sunday.“Dias and Silva, just two of your big players that are on the bench tonight,” they said. “Is that with Liverpool at the weekend in mind?”With a smirk, Guardiola responded: “You don’t know me. After ten seasons, I’m sorry to tell you, you don’t know me.”There was a brief, albeit awkward silence, before Breach asked: “Just purely on selection, rotation tonight?”Guardiola remained coy as he replied: “I decide, never, never select a team I don’t believe is the best to win a game. Never, ever.”His choice of starting XI paid off though as Foden curled in from outside the area midway through the first half.Haaland netted a second soon after, before Foden scored the third for City shortly before the hour-mark.Waldemar Anton hit back for Dortmund to reduce the deficit, but substitute Cherki wrapped up the scoring in stoppage time.View Tweet: https://twitter.com/julesbreach?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwGuardiola gave little information on his team choice during an awkward interviewCity remain unbeaten in the league phase of the Champions League this season with three wins from their opening four fixtures.Both Dias and Silva came off the bench in the 79th minute to earn some minutes before a big weekend.What next for City?Following their 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Sunday, City sit second in the Premier League.They are six points behind Arsenal, but could find themselves halving the gap this weekend against Liverpool.City host the reigning but struggling league champions on Sunday in a fixture that has produced plenty of drama in recent seasons.However, they lost both meetings in the 2024/25 campaign and have not beaten the Reds since April 2023.Guardiola is now tasked with beating rivals Liverpool on Sunday.AFPSunday’s match will be their last before the November international break.City return with a trip to Newcastle before Bayer Leverkusen visit in their next Champions League match.