Pep Guardiola’s City could be without the services of three defenders ahead of Wednesday UEFA Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad....CONTINUE READING
Aymeric Laporte is still nursing a knee injury & his certain to miss Wednesday’s match, with his expected return date still yet to be made official, England duo, Kyle Walker & John Stones missed the Citizens 3-0 win over Spanish outfit, Sevilla last week.
City Boss, Pep Guardiola is still yet to give updates on the injury status of the pair, but after last weekend’s postponement of EPL Games, it will help speed up their recoveries.
Regardless of what happens, the centre pairing of Ruben Dias & Manuel Akanji, who both featured & also got a clean sheet against Julen Lopetegui’s men in the UCL are likely to get a looking from the Spanish tactician once again, serving as protection to Brazilian goalie, Ederson Morales in goal.
Joao Cancelo produced two sublime assist away at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan & is set to continue on the right while Sergio Gomez get another outing on the right side of defence.
Kelvin De Bruyne, Rodri & Bernardo Silva will do well to fight off competition from the likes of Kalvin Phillips & Ilkay Gundogan in midfield.
In-form striker, Erling Braut Haaland, who netted his 25th goal in Europe Elite Competition in 20 games, will lead the attack & aim for more goals while England pair, Jack Grealish & Phil Foden will fill the last two positions in attack.
