Manchester City lacking usual spark amid injuries, fixture pile-up
Football | October 26, 2020 18:30 ISTThere will have been no senior strikers on the flight, with Sergio Aguero injured again and joining Gabriel Jesus back in the treatment room.
There will have been no senior strikers on the flight, with Sergio Aguero injured again and joining Gabriel Jesus back in the treatment room.
Guardiola's mission is reclaiming the Premier League trophy from Liverpool, but City is already eight points behind Everton, which is the early leader after beating Brighton 4-2 to make it four wins out of four.
The 19-year-old Spaniard has been linked with a return to boyhood club Barcelona, which he left three years ago, since rejecting a new deal with Pep Guardiola's City.
Manchester City, Manchester United, Everton and Newcastle advanced to the quarterfinals, joining Tottenham after their penalty-shootout win over Chelsea on Tuesday.
City’s defense couldn’t handle the pace and movement of Vardy, who won two penalties — converting both of them — either side of a brilliant finish that saw him flick the ball home at the near post with a deft backheel.
City scored in the first half through Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden before weathering a fightback from Wolverhampton in a 3-1 win at Molineux.
Leyton Orient closed its stadium and training grounds after a number of our first-team squad” tested positive ahead of their League Cup game against Tottenham.
The Premier League club gave no details of Gundogan's condition on Monday, only saying he would be self isolating for 10 days based on government protocols.
The players have not displayed any symptoms and are in self-isolation.
Troyes, which was founded in 1986 and is located in northeastern France, was in fourth place — one point off the promotion positions — when France’s Ligue 2 was called off last season because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The report also suggested that the Barcelona talisman been offered an equity stake in City Football Group but he has demanded payment instead.
Kevin De Bruyne won the Premier League Playmaker award for 2019/20 after equalling Thierry Henry's record of 20 assists in a single PL season. The Belgian was also named the Premier League Player of the Year.
The 37-year-old has signed a one-year contract at Betis with an option for another year included in the deal. The Chilean has become the second signing of the club for the 2020/2021 LaLiga season.
Messi on Tuesday informed the club and his teammates on his intention to leave this summer, despite having a contract until 2021.
Zinchenko took time out from his wedding day to explain his bride and Ukranian television presenter Vlada Sedan's comments about City boss Pep Guardiola.
Ceferin also insisted that UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations are “not dead,” even though City's win at the Court of Arbitration for Sport was seen as a big blow to efforts to curtail spending by rich club owners.
The fixtures for the new season were released on Thursday, with Manchester City and Manchester United not playing on the opening weekend to give them more rest after their involvement in European competition this month.
Sociedad said the 34-year-old Spaniard will join the rest of the squad in the coming days for preseason training.
Manchester City said a statue of Silva has been commissioned and will be unveiled in 2021, along with one of former captain Vincent Kompany.
The modest French team pulled off their latest Champions League upset by defeating Man City and its high-profile players 3-1 in the quarterfinals, keeping alive their surprising title run in Europe’s top club competition.
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