All those legitimate concerns and worries. All of them are already completely blown away.
02.09.2023 - 10:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City will hope to continue their perfect start to the Premier League season when they host Fulham at the Etihad this afternoon.
City needed an 88th-minute Rodri winner against Sheffield United in order to return from Bramall Lane with all three points, having seen Jayden Bogle cancel out Erling Haaland's opener against the run of play. City remain the only team in the top-flight with a 100 per cent record, having already beaten Burnley and Newcastle United.
Juanma Lillo will take charge again this afternoon, with Pep Guardiola still in Barcelona recovering from emergency back surgery. The stand-in manager didn't sound hopeful when asked about new singing Matheus Nunes' chance of a debut, but he will be boosted by a return to full fitness for Manuel Akanji, who missed last week's win in South Yorkshire due to a knock.
They face a Fulham side who lost last season's top goalscorer Aleksandr Mitrovic to Al Hilal earlier this summer, while Marco Silva's side were also expecting to sell Joao Palhinha. But despite having a medical in Germany yesterday, his move to Bayern Munich fell through.
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They have not won in the league since their opening weekend 1-0 victory at Everton, but produced an excellent performance with 10-men to draw 2-2 at Arsenal last weekend before beating Tottenham on penalties in the Carabao Cup. However, few are backing them to het anything from the Etihad.
Chris Sutton (BBC Sport)
Fulham got a point at Arsenal against the odds and Manchester City are not up to speed yet but they're absolutely relentless. You can't see anything else other than a home win here.
They've not really hit their straps but they're just doing enough which
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