"He's ready," Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola responded when asked if Erling Haaland could go from his cameo appearance at Burnley to the starting lineup at Brentford on Monday night. This past midweek saw Haaland feature for the first time since early December, as he had been recovering from a foot injury since then. … [Read more...] about Man City Team News at Brentford: Erling Haaland, Manuel Akanji
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Man City Team News vs Burnley: Haaland, Akanji, Stones
When Manchester City hosts Burnley FC on Wednesday night, it will likely mark the return of the talismanic Erling Haaland. The big man has been out since Dec. 6, when City lost to Aston Villa 1-0, due to a foot injury. And that foot injury has turned out to be much worse than initially thought, as the recovery has certainly contained some setbacks along the way. … [Read more...] about Man City Team News vs Burnley: Haaland, Akanji, Stones
Man City Team News at Tottenham: Phillips, Haaland, Akanji, Ederson, Stones
Ahead of the FA Cup clash at Tottenham Hotspur on Friday night, we have some major Manchester City transfer news. According to multiple reports, Kalvin Phillips is set to join West Ham United on loan for the rest of this season. As it has been a very quiet transfer window for City, up to this point, we covered this deal, with more detailed analysis, over at this post. As for … [Read more...] about Man City Team News at Tottenham: Phillips, Haaland, Akanji, Ederson, Stones
Man City Team News at Newcastle: Akanji, Haaland, Silva, Phillips
Manchester City routed Huddersfield Town, in the FA Cup third round, over the weekend, but the win included one sour note. Defender Manuel Akanji had to be subbed off after 17 minutes, having sustained a very strong challenge from Alex Matos, the young player on loan from Chelsea. We await an update from manager Pep Guardiola about the severity of the injury, and with it, … [Read more...] about Man City Team News at Newcastle: Akanji, Haaland, Silva, Phillips
Man City Team News at Chelsea: Manuel Akanji, John Stones
Manuel Akanji missed the UEFA Champions League win over Young Boys, which guaranteed round of 16 qualification, due to a back injury. Akanji was withdrawn pregame, but manager Pep Guardiola expects his defender to be available for the trip to Chelsea on Sunday. Another player who is now fully fit, after having had recent fitness concerns, is Erling Haaland. … [Read more...] about Man City Team News at Chelsea: Manuel Akanji, John Stones
Man City Starting XI Prediction for Manchester Derby
Erling Haaland broke out of his mini-slump, I guess you could call it. When you're Haaland, and you can score at will, and you play for treble winning Man City, well, these are standards now. We'll see if Erik ten Hag can contain him with Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans, Victor Lindelof, Raphael Varane or whomever the Dutchman tries to throw at the best pure scorer on … [Read more...] about Man City Starting XI Prediction for Manchester Derby
Man City Team News at United: Foden, Alvarez, Akanji
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
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