Ill-discipline has also been an issue, highlighted by four yellow cards and one 20-minute red card handed out in their defeat by South Africa.

Wales, thoroughly outgunned in the scrum and clueless in attack, were fighting a losing battle from the off as they were missing 13 players who had returned to club duty.

For Piastri, the race is win or bust. If Norris finishes ahead of his team-mate and Verstappen, the Briton will seal his maiden title ahead of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The two sides will meet each other again, this time in Dortmund, on Tuesday in the last 16 of the German Cup.

Guardiola felt his players were too risk-averse against the German side.