MANCHESTER CITY’S TEAM NEWS

The Blues are in a poor run of kind, with just one win of their final 10 video games in all competitions following a 2-0 reverse at Juventus within the Champions League on Tuesday.

Pep Guardiola is unquestionably with out versatile England worldwide Rico Lewis and there are doubts over a few of his defenders too. 

Manuel Akanji and John Stones have query marks over their involvement, whereas Nathan Ake appears to be like set to stay absent. Guardiola mentioned over Akanji: “He has a discomfort within the abdomen space, [the] abductor.

“It doesn’t really feel good however he made an unimaginable effort. Him and Nathan [Ake] weren’t even at half their greatest and so they helped to play there. Manu performs 45 minutes and steps again and says I’ve to get better or I can’t compete. He’s a powerful participant and so dependable however, in that second, he can not play.

“We’ll give it some thought [the make-up of the defence],” added the Metropolis supervisor. “Perhaps a winger has to play as a full-back or Matheus [Nunes], or perhaps we play with 5 on the again with wing-backs.”

Guardiola additionally praised the resilience of Kevin De Bruyne and high scorer Erling Haaland with their potential to get better after video games.

Mateo Kovacic and Phil Foden can be found, not like long-term damage victims Rodri and Oscar Bobb, whereas Ederson and Stefan Ortega have been sharing goalkeeping duties of late.