Man City disappointed as ten Premier League clubs vote against five substitutions rule

direct to your inboxGraeme Souness is convinced Manchester United and Manchester City will come up short in this season's race for the Premier League title. Souness believes his former club Liverpool will retain their crown this term.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola trusts the Premier League to make the right decision on a potential circuit breaker as Manchester City prepare for their game with Chelsea without five players or a fully open training ground as a result of Covid-19. Having already seen one match this week postponed, the Blues need to hope that the additional testing done on Thursday and Saturday gives them the all-clear to go ahead with the Chelsea game on Sunday.

straight to your inboxManchester City's opening Premier League fixture at Aston Villa has finally been given a new date in January.City were due to open their new campaign at Villa Park, but the fixture was postponed to give the Blues more time to recover from their Champions League exploits only three weeks earlier. The postponement has given City a game in hand over most of their rivals all season, and the Premier League have finally confirmed a new date for the trip to the Midlands.

direct to your inboxPremier League clubs are reportedly discussing having a two-week break in January due to fears that rising Covid-19 cases could cause fixture chaos. After Manchester City 's match against Everton on Monday was postponed due to an outbreak of the virus that has also shut the club’s training ground, Sheffield United became the latest club to confirm numerous positive tests among its club staff.

straight to your inboxManchester City's Premier League rivals will be watching anxiously as news of the Covid-19 outbreak at the club unfolds.City 's scheduled fixture against Everton at Goodison Park was postponed on Monday after more coronavirus cases were identified.

straight to your inboxManchester City defender Aymeric Laporte has taken to social media to react to the postponement of Monday's match against Everton, urging everyone to continue following coranvirus rules.City were set to play their second Premier League match in just two days following Boxing Day's 2-0 victory over Newcastle United, but it was announced at the 11th hour that the game had been postponed due to further positive COVID-19 tests in the Blues' squad.

direct to your inboxThe date and kick-off details for Manchester United and Manchester City's Carabao Cup semi-final have been confirmed. The match will come after a hectic festive fixture schedule for both clubs and be played on January 6 at Old Trafford, with kick-off at 7:45pm.

straight to your inboxRuben Dias is hopeful that Manchester City's draws will prove useful in the final Premier League reckoning but admits they cannot get used to them. Pep Guardiola's side have lost just twice in the Premier League this season but are well down the table in 8th because of their inability to turn one point into three in more than a third of their matches.

direct to your inboxManchester United will host Manchester City in one of the Carabao Cup semi-finals in a repeat of last year's last-four tie. Earlier this year City won 3-2 on aggregate after the Blues won 3-1 at Old Trafford and United won the reverse fixture 1-0.

straight to your inboxHarry Redknapp says the Premier League title race remains wide open despite Liverpool's dominant win over Crystal Palace on Saturday.Jurgen Klopp's side ran out 7-0 winners at Selhurst Park to put the pressure on Manchester City, but Pep Guardiola's side responded with a solid 1-0 win over Southampton.City currently sit seven points off Liverpool with a game in hand during busy festive period.Speaking on Amazon Prime, Redknapp said City are not out of the running just

straight to your inboxManchester City fans have had their say on who should start against Southampton this afternoon.City go into the game on the back of consecutive draws that have checked their momentum following a strong run of form.

straight to your inboxManchester City's New Year trip to Chelsea has been moved after being selected for TV coverage. The fixture is one of several to be shifted, and the Blues' January schedule in the Premier League has now been confirmed.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has told Manchester City players now is the time to mount their Premier League title challenge.The Blues have already dropped as many points as they did in the entire 2017/18 campaign (14) when they won the league, with Saturday's draw with United leaving them in ninth place after 11 games.However, the situation created by the pandemic has seen the division divert from the high points totals of the last four seasons and Guardiola's side are just six points off

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola thinks that the Premier League is moving into a different phase of the season now the Champions League group stages are out of the way. Manchester City's manager has regularly raised the physical and mental battle of the teams that have had to play European football in a condensed schedule - especially for the Blues and other teams that went deep in continental competitions in August while their domestic rivals were able to recuperate.

straight to your inboxThe Professional Footballers’ Association has supported Pep Guardiola's calls for the Premier League to reintroduce five substitutions with "immediate effect".Last season, clubs were permitted to make five changes within three slots after the season resumed in June following a three-month lockdown, whilst benches were allowed to include nine players instead of seven.However, England was the only major league to decide to revert those changes despite a shorter pre-season and