Man đô thị 2-0 Burnley: Pep Guardiola reaction, published at17:47 16 October
Manchester City trùm cuối Pep Guardiola speaking lớn Match of the Day: "After the international break it’s always a little bit difficult to come lớn a rhythm and I know how good Burnley are.
"They did really well, they have good players and we played a good 15-20 minutes in the first-half, we created chances but the last đôi mươi minutes we lost some tempo. We did well in the second half và played really well & could’ve scored more goals.
"The importance is improving our game and I am satisfied that the second-half was better than first. The team showed me the way we want to lớn play và the shape we want khổng lồ play in.
"All the guys gave everything, it doesn’t matter if the performance is good or not, it’s important that you fight for your teammates và everyone was incredible."
Man city v Burnley: Confirmed team news, published at14:02 16 October
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Raheem Sterling is recalled to make only his third Premier League start of the season for Manchester City, who also hand a first club appearance of the chiến dịch to defender John Stones.
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Sterling gets the nod in in a đô thị attack missing the injured Ferran Torres và Gabriel Jesus who, lượt thích goalkeeper Ederson, is unavailable after playing for Brazil in the early hours of Friday.
Zack Steffen is between the sticks for only his second league start for City, who in total make five changes from the team that drew with Liverpool before the international break. Nathan Ake và Riyad Mahrez are the other players who come in, while Jack Grealish is among those who drop lớn the bench.
Man đô thị XI: Steffen, Stones, Ake, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Foden, Mahrez
Subs: Carson, Walker, Dias, Gundogan, Grealish, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Palmer, Slicker
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Burnley make three changes from the side that drew with Norwich last time out. Jack Cork, Erik Pieters & Maxwell Cornet replace Charlie Taylor, Aaron Lennon and Matej Vydra
Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Collins, Pieters, Cork, Brownhill, Westwood, Cornet, McNeil, Wood.
Subs: Hennessey, Norris, Gudmundsson, Barnes, Roberts, Lennon, Rodriguez, Bardsley, Long
Ederson & Jesus could miss Champions League tie, published at18:05 15 October
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Gabriel Jesus played the first 61 minutes of Brazil's 4-1 win over Uruguay, while Ederson played the whole game
Goalkeeper Ederson và forward Gabriel Jesus will miss Manchester City's Premier League trò chơi against Burnley on Saturday - & may not be available for City's Champions League tie in Belgium against Club Bruges on Tuesday.
Both players were involved in Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Uruguay in the early hours of Friday morning, which Brazil won 4-1 khổng lồ move closer khổng lồ qualifying for next year's sự kiện in Qatar.
“They played in Brazil yesterday và cannot fly back,” said quái nhân Pep Guardiola.
Asked if they will be available to lớn travel to lớn Bruges, Guardiola said: “Maybe, I don’t know yet.”
On a more positive chú ý for City, Ilkay Gundogan and Oleksandr Zinchenko are both available against the Clarets after being sidelined before the international break.
City are third in the Premier League and also third in their Champions League group, with Club Bruges in second.
Guardiola on Sterling, treating players equally và team news, published at14:23 15 October
Mike Minay, đài truyền hình losartanfast.com Radio Manchester
Pep Guardiola has been speaking to the media before Manchester đô thị host Burnley on Saturday.
Here are the key lines:
He responded lớn Raheem Sterling's comments to the Financial Times by saying the England international is an important player, but that no-one can be guaranteed a certain amount of minutes. He added: "I have to decide what is best for the team";
No player will be treated differently. "I have khổng lồ treat Kevin De Bruyne the same as Cole Palmer," said Guardiola;
He joked about how he was never dropped from the first team so cannot sympathise what it was lượt thích not to lớn be picked - later adding that actually being dropped helped lớn educate him on improving;
Follow all of Friday’s Premier League news conferences
Liverpool 2-2 Man City: Fantasy football đứng đầu performers, published at09:24 15 October
Liverpool were held khổng lồ a 2-2 draw by Manchester city at Anfield in the seventh round of Premier League fixtures - but who were the top fantasy football performers from the match?
The bonus points were shared between players from both sides:
Mohamed Salah (3)
Curtis Jones (2)
Man city v Burnley: What does the size show?, published at16:17 14 October
After conceding twice in four consecutive trang chủ league games towards the kết thúc of last season, Manchester thành phố have kept a clean sheet in their past four at Etihad Stadium, winning three of those games 5-0. However, they didn't score in their past trang chủ league match and last failed to find the net in consecutive Premier League home games in November 2010 (three in a row).
Meanwhile, Burnley are winless in their past 10 league games (three draws, seven lost), the longest current run without a win in the top four tiers of English football. However, each of their past four Premier League victories have come away from home.
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No team has conceded fewer goals in the Premier League this season than thành phố (three), with all three of their goals conceded coming in the second half of games. The Citizens have also faced fewer shots (42), fewer shots on target (10) và have the lowest xG against total (four) in the competition this term.
No side has used fewer players in the Premier League so far this season than Burnley (18), while the Clarets also have the highest average starting XI age in the competition this term (29 years & 39 days).
Foden on brink of city contract extension, published at07:54 14 October
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Simon Stone, losartanfast.com Sport
Manchester đô thị are on the brink of confirming midfielder Phil Foden has signed a six-year contract extension.
After initial doubts over Pep Guardiola’s handing of the 21-year-old, Foden has become one of the best young players in Europe.
He started last season’s Champions League final và played three times for England on their run to lớn the final of euro 2020, only for a foot injury lớn keep him out of the Wembley defeat by Italy.
A lifelong city fan, Foden has never made any secret of his desire to lớn remain with the Blues.
His current contract is not due khổng lồ expire until 2024.
However, in securing Foden for even longer, đô thị are also recognising the vast progress he has made in that time.
Man đô thị v Burnley: Head-to-head stats, published at12:45 13 October
Manchester City’s last four trang chủ games against Burnley in all competitions have finished 5-0 to lớn the Citizens. No team in English football has ever won 5+ home games in a row against an opponent by 5+ goals before.
Meanwhile, Burnley have lost each of their past eight meetings with đô thị in all competitions by an aggregate score of 30-1.
City have taken 28 points from their last 30 available against Burnley in the Premier League (nine wins, one draw), since losing 1-0 at Turf Moor in March 2015.