Man City morning headlines as Guardiola handed double injury boost for Arsenal fixture

straight to your inboxOwen Hargreaves says Sergio Aguero should come back into Manchester City's starting line-up when fit even with Ferran Torres' impressive form up front.The summer signing has been deputising in a rather unfamiliar role up front due to injuries to Aguero and Gabriel Jesus but has impressed, scoring in three successive Champions League matches.With Aguero not far off fitness, former City midfielder Hargreaves says the iconic striker needs to come back into Pep Guardiola's

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola will give Gabriel Jesus the chance to prove his fitness to face Olympiakos on Tuesday, but could turn to Ferran Torres or Raheem Sterling to lead the line. Jesus has had one training session with his teammates as he steps up his return from injury and if he gets through a session on Monday afternoon he could be involved against the Greek champions in Manchester City's third Champions League group fixture.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has challenged his Manchester City players to keep their motivation as their injury crisis shows no sign of improving.The City boss may have been able to welcome a fully-fit Bernardo Silva and João Cancelo into the team to face Arsenal, as well as hand Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan their first minutes of the season.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola thinks that Sergio Aguero still has to earn a new contract at Manchester City just like he does.The club record scorer is in the final year of his deal at City, but after so many years of consistently high performances the Blues will not be pushing him out of the door.However, Aguero’s appearance against Arsenal was his first since June and the club are keen for him to show that he is over his injury problems, while the possibility of signing Lionel Messi on a

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola played down an incident involving Sergio Aguero and official Sian Massey during Manchester City's 1-0 victory over Arsenal. City got back to winning ways on their return to Premier League action on Saturday night after losing to Leicester and drawing with Leeds in the previous two league matches.

straight to your inbox Raheem Sterling outlined how Sergio Aguero makes Manchester City much more fluid after the striker returned from injury against Arsenal. Though Aguero had returned to training over the international break, it was a surprise to see his name in the starting XI for City's return to Premier League action after so long out of action.

straight to your inboxAymeric Laporte and Benjamin Mendy have been ruled out of Manchester City's clash at home to Arsenal and it has led to plenty of reaction.City were already without the services of Kevin De Bruyne for the clash with the Gunners at the Etihad Stadium but have been now dealt a further double blow.Both Laporte and Mendy have been ruled out due to injuries despite starting City's last game against Leeds United.Neither were involved in France's matches during the international

straight to your inboxMicah Richards has explained that he didn't believe Sergio Aguero was that good when he first played in training with him for Manchester City.Aguero has returned from injury to start for City vs Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League tonight. It's an important comeback for the Blues, who have also been without the services of fellow striker Gabriel Jesus.

straight to your inbox Manchester City fans are unsurprisingly delighted to see Sergio Aguero return to the starting XI against Arsenal.City return to domestic action following the international break and Pep Guardiola will be hoping to see his side return to winning ways.

straight to your inboxManchester City could welcome Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero back to face Arsenal.Kevin De Bruyne has added to Pep Guardiola's injury worries with the Belgian joining Gabriel Jesus on the sidelines after picking up a problem on international duty.However, Sterling has trained "much better in the last few days" after pulling out of the England squad with a minor hamstring injury and should be in contention for the Premier League game against Mikel Arteta's side.And there

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has backed Bernardo Silva to return to his title-winning best this season.The 26-year-old stepped up in the absence of Kevin De Bruyne in the 2018/19 campaign and was the outstanding player in the Premier League as Manchester City won a domestic clean sweep.

straight to your inboxThere will be no Kevin De Bruyne for Manchester City on Saturday. That will likely come as a relief to Arsenal, but it’s undoubtedly a blow for Pep Guardiola despite the strength and depth of his squad.“I don't think it is serious, but the next games I think he will be out,” Guardiola said.

straight to your inboxHere are your evening headlines until Friday, October 16.De Bruyne ruled out of Arsenal clashManchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will miss the Premier League clash against Arsenal tomorrow, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.

straight to your inboxManchester City fans have been reacting to the blow of losing star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne to injury on social media this afternoon.De Bruyne was ruled out of City's clash with Arsenal on Saturday evening with an injury picked up while on international duty with Belgium. Pep Guardiola confirmed the news today, confirming in today's press conference that De Bruyne is out but for just how long he does not know.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City evening headlines for Wednesday 14 October.Belgium boss Roberto Martinez has said that Kevin De Bruyne was released early from international duty in order to protect the player’s ‘well-being’.De Bruyne was withdrawn from the Belgium squad to face Iceland this evening having been substituted after 73 minutes in the defeat by England.De Bruyne faces a busy period with City playing seven matches between now and November 7.“The opposite - with

straight to your inboxDe Bruynereturns to CityKevin De Bruyne has returned from international duty early following his substitution against England at Wembley.The midfielder was withdrawn during the second half of Belgium’s 2-1 defeat on Sunday as a precaution, according to national team boss Roberto Martínez.Belgium’s official Twitter account revealed that De Bruyne had not travelled with the rest of the squad for their UEFA Nations League tie against Iceland.The severity of De Bruyne’s injury

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has returned to Manchester City after picking up an injury on international duty, Belgium have confirmed.De Bruyne was in action for his country at Wembley on Sunday as they took on England in the Nations League and had to cut his fine performance short after picking up an injury.Despite De Bruyne's efforts, England came back from Romelu Lukaku's early penalty to win 2-1, with Marcus Rashford equalising with his own spot-kick and Mason Mount scoring with a