Gladbach vs Man City prediction: Raheem Sterling backed by the bookies to score first

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola may have disagreed with "Mr Zinchenko" over the notion that Manchester City can win the Quadruple - but the manager is doing everything he can to turn the impossible into a reality. The City boss doesn't want his players to get carried away with talk of trophies when they still haven't won one yet this season, with their incredible 21-match winning run in all competitions achieved by only focusing on the next opponents in front of them.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola warned Raheem Sterling that he will soon have even more competition for a place in the squad after leaving him out of the squad to face Fulham.Sterling, 26, has been one of the most-used and most successful players under Guardiola at Manchester City; only two outfield players have more minutes than him this season and his goal at Anfield last month saw him become the third ever player - after Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero - to score 100 goals on the Catalan’s

straight to your inbox Raheem Sterling's absence from the Manchester City squad is purely tactical, Pep Guardiola has confirmed. Sterling was a noteable absentee from the starting line up and substitutes at Craven Cottage on Saturday night, for a teamsheet that had seven changes from the win against Southampton.

straight to your inboxManchester City will be looking to take another step closer to winning the Premier League title when they face Fulham this weekend. Pep Guardiola's league leaders go head-to-head with a Fulham side battling to avoid relegation at Craven Cottage on Saturday night (8pm kick-off).

straight to your inboxRaheem Sterling and Joao Cancelo could return to the Manchester City starting XI for Saturday night's game against Fulham.Although City got back to winning ways in style on Wednesday with a 5-2 hammering of Southampton, Pep Guardiola may continue his habit of rotating his side to keep his players as fresh as possible.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMarcus Rashford reminded one Manchester United fan of Wayne Rooney during Sunday's Premier League victory over Manchester City, as supporters praised his defensive work-rate in the second half. Rashford helped United beat Pep Guardiola's men 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium to end City's 21-match winning streak.

direct to your inboxManchester City, favourites at 1/2 with Betfred, will be very confident going into this game with 22 consecutive wins in all competitions under their belts. Since Manchester United, who are 6/1, went top of the table in January, they have dropped points in seven of their last 10 Premier League matches with six draws and a surprising defeat at home against Sheffield United.

straight to your inboxYou could forgive Manchester City for already pencilling in an open-top bus parade to mark their would-be third Premier League title in four seasons. However, while it looks a nailed-on certainty that Pep Guardiola's rampant table-toppers will reclaim their crown from 2019/2020 champions Liverpool, it isn't won quite yet.

straight to your inboxManchester City could win their fifteenth successive Premier League in on Tuesday, as they host Wolves at the Etihad Stadium.Despite City's only injury concern being defender Nathan Ake, Pep Guardiola could still rotate against Nuno Espirito Santo's side in midweek, particularly with the Manchester Derby coming up next weekend.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola could make a massive six changes to his Manchester City side for Tuesday's match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.The Blues boss also rung the changes in Saturday's narrow 2-1 victory over an impressive West Ham United, which left City looking out of sync with a few players who haven't had much game time in recent weeks starting.A win looked guaranteed following Ruben Dias' first-half opener but the high-flying Hammers fought back before the break through

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola was critical of Manchester City's finishing in their 2-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.The Blues are firmly in control of their Champions League tie ahead of the second leg next month but Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus did not convert a number of promising opportunities that would have made the team's advantage even greater.

straight to your inboxOwen Hargreaves has claimed Gabriel Jesus is "the best reserve centre-forward in the world" and likened the Manchester City striker to Roberto Firmino.The Brazilian striker has often played second-fiddle to Sergio Aguero since arriving at the Etihad Stadium. However, despite Aguero's injuries, Jesus has still found himself regularly rotated, with Pep Guardiola often playing Kevin de Bruyne, Raheem Sterling or Bernardo Silva as a "false nine".

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne is fit for Manchester City's Champions League last-16 clash with Borussia Monchengladbach and could start in Budapest.Pep Guardiola confirmed everyone in his squad is fit, aside from Nathan Ake, so that means De Bruyne successfully navigated his 60-minute appearance at Arsenal on Sunday without any new setbacks. De Bruyne trained on Monday, so his availability should be a boost to City and you would expect him to start against Monchengladbach.

straight to your inboxGary Neville believes the positions Raheem Sterling takes up for Manchester City have dramatically improved since the pair worked together at England.Neville was the Three Lions' assistant manager from 2012 until 2016, with Sterling making his international debut in the same year that the former Manchester United defender started his job.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has seen enough from Arsenal's recent performances to believe they can soon challenge for the Premier League title.Manchester City head to the Emirates nine places and 22 points ahead of the Gunners, who languish in 10th in the table after a fast start to the campaign under Mikel Arteta quickly tailed off.Guardiola knows the value of Arteta as a coach more than most, having enjoyed three years together in Manchester where the former Everton and Arsenal

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester City under-18s allowed Manchester United to score straight from the kick-off after a mix-up between the United players and their goalkeeper in the build-up to the City goal.With City 2-0 down as half-time neared, the away side were pushing hard for a goal as they looked to rescue the game.A confusing piece of play led to Tai Sodje rolling the ball into the net to hand City a crucial goal.However, in the build-up to the goal, Sodje latched onto

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola confirmed a double injury boost for Manchester City ahead of the Premier League clash with Tottenham as he confirmed Rodri and Ruben Dias are back in training.Dias missed the trip to Swansea this week with a fever, while Rodri limped out of that cup win after a needless late challenge.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola called Tommy Doyle a 'special' player, but picked out an incident in Manchester City's win over Swansea as an area for improvement.Doyle, City's under-23 captain, started in the FA Cup fourth round tie at Cheltenham last month, and was included in the travelling party to face Swansea on Wednesday.