Manchester City are World Champions after swatting aside Fluminense in Jeddah on Friday.
03.12.2023 - 08:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
After two successive Premier League draws, Manchester City will be hoping to return to winning ways this weekend, as they take on a struggling Tottenham side.
City have relinquished their place at the top of the Premier League table after back-to-back league draws against Liverpool and Chelsea, with Arsenal moving above them, but Pep Guardiola's side could return to the summit if results go their way this weekend. John Stones is fit again but may not start so soon after injury, with City still without Kevin De Bruyne, Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes.
So can City continue their strong home record against Liverpool on Saturday? Let's take a look.
To complete this simulation, we used EA FC 24 and updated the squads with the latest injuries and suspensions.
We predict that City could line up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Gvardiol, Akanji; Rodri, Bernardo, Alvarez; Foden, Doku, Haaland.
We predict that Spurs could set up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Vicario; Porro, Emerson, Davies, Udogie; Kulusevski, Bissouma, Lo Celso; Johnson, Son, Gil.
City took the lead in their very first attack of the game, and the goal came from an unlikely source after just seven minutes.
Jeremy Doku dribbled past Pedro Porro on the outside and found Kyle Walker at the back post, who performed a diving header to make it 1-0. And it was 2-0 just a few minutes later, with Erling Haaland heading in from a corner to double the home side's lead.
City continued to dominate after the break and it didn't take long for Haaland to grab his second goal of the game, in what was an audacious finish, with the Norweigan producing a cheeky chip over Guglielmo Vicario after being played through on
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