straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero’s fight to make the final stages of the Champions League – if Manchester City get there – is looking increasingly difficult.
17.07.2020 - 19:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
straight to your inboxManchester City manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed Ederson will start tomorrow's FA Cup semi-final clash against Arsenal at Wembley.Regular cup goalkeeper Claudio Bravo will miss the clash through injury but there will no City debut for backup goalkeeper Scott Carson.The 34-year-old has deputised in Bravo's absence but Guardiola will select his number one for the game against the Gunners."Eddie is going to play because Claudio is a little bit injured - he was not on the
.straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero’s fight to make the final stages of the Champions League – if Manchester City get there – is looking increasingly difficult.
straight to your inbox There has been no approach from Manchester City or any other club for Barcelona defender Sergi Roberto, as he continues to be linked with a move to the Etihad. City boss Pep Guardiola is said to be an admirer of Roberto, and has made the full-back a target this summer, according to Spanish media.
straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has spent more time thinking about how to beat Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool than any other opposition in his career. Manchester City and Liverpool have been comfortably the best two teams in the Premier League over the last two years, with the Blues becoming the first team in a decade to retain the title in 2019 before being blown away by their Merseyside rivals this season.
straight to your inboxThe summer transfer window is now open, and Manchester City look set to be pretty active.City will be looking to make some new acquisitions this summer as they look to mount a challenge to wrestle the Premier League title back from Liverpool's grasp next season.
straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said that Ederson gets the credit he deserves from within the Manchester City camp, even if his ability is not always recognised more widely. The Brazil international made three important saves to keep his 16th clean sheet of the season – and clinch the Premier League ’s Golden Glove award as Burnley’s Nick Pope conceded twice on the final day.
straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has expanded on his role in the Manchester City squad, revealing that manager Pep Guardiola trusts him to organise the team on the field.De Bruyne says he does not speak to Guardiola much over tactics as they share a similar philosophy, as he explained how Guardiola has changed City's approach from top to bottom in the last four seasons."He lets me be myself a lot of the time," De Bruyne told Soccer AM.
straight to your inbox Manchester City want to return to winning ways following the defeat to Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final when they take on Watford on Tuesday evening. City were aiming to retain their FA Cup to put alongside the the Carabao Cup as part of a a domestic trophy double.
straight to your inboxPep Guardiola said he has little respect for Arsenal's actions off the pitch as the bad blood between the Gunners and Manchester City continues.The relationship between the two clubs has occasionally boiled over since the Blues were taken over more than a decade ago, with the number of players swapping the Emirates for the Etihad and Arsene Wenger's public comments about City's spending adding to the tension.There have also been specific issues this season.
straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said he asked his Manchester City players to be more aggressive at half time of the defeat to Arsenal after being disappointed with their performance in the first 45 minutes.
straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola was left saddened by Manchester City's FA Cup defeat as he accused his players of not turning up for the first half. A 2-0 victory for Mikel Arteta's Arsenal ended a long unbeaten run for the Blues in domestic cups stretching back to February 2018 and leaves them with the Champions League as the only remaining trophy they can win this season.
ManchesterFA Cup final.The Manchester City boss is too focussed on the job in hand, which is the semi-final against Arsenal, to consider the possibility of a piece of football history.The nearest City and Manchester United have come to a final was when they met in the 2011 semi-final at Wembley, when Yaya Toure’s goal sent them into the final, where they ended a 35-year trophy drought with victory over Stoke.But United face Chelsea on Sunday, the day after the Blues take on the Gunners.Sadly, if
straight to your inbox Borussia Dortmund will not allow Manchester United target Jadon Sancho to leave for a cut price fee as a result of the coronavirus pandemic - according to reports. Sancho remains a priority target for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the back of the most impressive season of his career.
straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says former Manchester City coach Mikel Arteta is creating something unique at Arsenal, as the two sides prepare to face each other in the FA Cup semi-final. Arteta left City to take the Arsenal head coach job in December, and is already seeing his style of play translate onto the pitch at the Emirates.
Guardiola says every top-ten club that tried to get involved in Manchester City's hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) should be delighted with the decision.Eight clubs - so all bar the Blues themselves and Sheffield United - made a joint application to CAS before a date had been set asking that City be unable to delay the process in order to play in the Champions League next season.