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Man City Team News at United: Foden, Alvarez, Akanji

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Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez missed out on Manchester City's 2-1 win over Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League last night, due to some unspecified, and probably less than serious fitness issues. Pep Guardiola admitted as much after the match. "We played seven new players because some were tired," said the Manchester City manager. "Phil had a little problem, Julian could … [Read more...] about Man City Team News at United: Foden, Alvarez, Akanji

Manchester United Starting XI Prediction for Manchester Derby

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Ahead is an absolute monster of a weekend in European football! As we covered already, in four different articles, Saturday brings us El Clasico. While Sunday provides the Manchester Derby. Despite the fact that Manchester City have been a solid tier or two above Manchester United for most of the past decade, this series remains very competitive and balanced. You can look up … [Read more...] about Manchester United Starting XI Prediction for Manchester Derby

Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Newcastle United

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola claims he is going to have to select a team of youth players for his side's third-round Carabao Cup tie against Newcastle United at St James' Park on Wednesday night but he's being melodramatic. While the squad is injury-riddled, Pep is exaggerating the situation quite a bit. “The problem when you have a lot of injuries, is maybe not … [Read more...] about Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Newcastle United

Man City Team News at Newcastle: Rodri, Stones, Kovacic, Silva

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted that he was quite angry at his midfielder, Rodri, for the egregious red card he drew yesterday in the win over Nottingham Forest. Rodri wrapped his hands around the neck of Forest forward Morgan Gibbs-White, in a move that was about as red as a red card can be. It happened in the opening minutes of the second half, meaning Man City … [Read more...] about Man City Team News at Newcastle: Rodri, Stones, Kovacic, Silva

Man City vs Newcastle Team News: De Bruyne, Silva, Willock, Krafth

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It's a top of the table clash when Manchester City welcome in Newcastle United. I know that sounds weird to say after only one week, but here we are. Only seven teams won their season opener. Of those seven, only three had a goal differential of +3 or better. These are two of those teams, with second place Brighton sandwiched in between. In other words, this right here is … [Read more...] about Man City vs Newcastle Team News: De Bruyne, Silva, Willock, Krafth

Man City Team News vs Sevilla (UEFA Super Cup): Kevin De Bruyne Update

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Up next for Manchester City is the UEFA Super Cup, on Wednesday night against Sevilla. It matches up the previous season's Champions League and Europa League winners. City will be without star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne for, as manager Pep Guardiola put it, "a few weeks." He had to be subbed off after just 24 minutes, in the season opening win at Burnley, due to a … [Read more...] about Man City Team News vs Sevilla (UEFA Super Cup): Kevin De Bruyne Update

Man City Team News vs Arsenal: Gvardiol, De Bruyne, Ake

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Manchester City have big transfer news heading into the Community Shield on Sunday. It has been officially confirmed that City have signed defender Josko Gvardiol from RB Leipzig. The Croatian sensation moves over on a £77.6m (€90m, $98m) transfer fee and that sum does not include add-ons. He is very unlikely to make his debut against Arsenal at Wembley but should be … [Read more...] about Man City Team News vs Arsenal: Gvardiol, De Bruyne, Ake

Man City Team News vs Atletico Madrid: Silva, Walker, De Bruyne

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Although he left the club three years ago, David Silva announcing his retirement still qualifies "Manchester City Team News." A true club legend, there is already a statue of him outside The Etihad (Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany too). Silva, 37, had planned to play this season for Real Sociedad, but he suffered an ACL injury in preseason, and that would have kept him … [Read more...] about Man City Team News vs Atletico Madrid: Silva, Walker, De Bruyne

Man City vs Bayern Munich Team News: De Bruyne, Walker, Guerreiro

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The Bayern Munich versus Manchester City rivalry is "turning Japanese, turning Japanese, I really think so" (CC The Vapors). For the second straight summer, these two giant clubs will face each other in a friendly on the other side of the world. This match, in Tokyo, Japan, comes one year and three days after they clashed in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. … [Read more...] about Man City vs Bayern Munich Team News: De Bruyne, Walker, Guerreiro