Man City starting line up vs Burnley includes Aymeric Laporte and Gabriel Jesus

straight to your inboxJamie Redknapp has compared Man City star Ruben Dias to Manchester United Nemanja Vidic after the Blues' 1-0 win at Arsenal.City signed Dias for £65million in the summer. The former Benfica defender has impressed throughout his first season at the club, and was once again excellent at the Emirates Stadium.

straight to your inboxManchester City will be looking to extend their remarkable winning streak to 18 games when they travel to face Arsenal on Sunday.City sit 10 points clear of neighbours Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table and Pep Guardiola will be hoping to keep that advantage when he comes up against former assistant Mikel Arterta.The Gunners are enduring an inconsistent run of form, having won just twice in their last six games in all competitions, and have already

straight to your inboxJamie Carragher has changed his prediction regarding which Manchester City star will win the PFA Player of the Year award. The former Liverpool defender previously tipped Ruben Dias to claim the gong thanks to the impact the summer signing has had on Pep Guardiola's defence.

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 inboxA fraudster is facing jail after he admitted spending more than £175,000 using a bank card belonging to Man City star Riyad Mahrez.Mohamed Sharif, 32, admitted a single count of fraud at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London in December last year.He is due to be sentenced on February 25.The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed details of the charge show that Mr Mahrez's bank, Barclays, were forced to reimburse him £175,830 after a card the player never received was used to make

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola could not confirm if Ruben Dias will be fit to face Tottenham as he waits for news on the extent of Rodri's injury. Dias missed his first match since moving to Manchester City from Benfica in September, absent from the matchday squad at Swansea after 30 consecutive appearances in them.

straight to your inboxLiam Delap has revealed that he is learning from Phil Foden and fellow strikers Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus at Manchester City.Delap only arrived at City from Derby County last summer but he has already made an impact at the club, scoring 21 goals in 28 games at Under-18 and Under-23 level. His excellent form has already seen the teenager make his first-team debut and he has featured on the substitutes bench on a number of occasions.

straight to your inboxJamie Carragher says Ruben Dias should become the seventh centre-back to be named PFA Player of the Year.The Manchester City defender has been a rock in defence since joining from Benfica in the summer, keeping eight clean sheets in his last nine Premier League matches to help Pep Guardiola's side to the top of the Premier League table.Dias has also formed a solid partnership with a rejuvenated John Stones and Carragher paid tribute to the way the former Everton defender

straight to your inboxFormer Premier League referee Peter Walton has explained why VAR didn't deem James Tarkowski's challenge on Gabriel Jesus a 'clear and obvious' error despite contact on the Manchester City forward.Pep Guardiola 's side continued their fine Premier League form as they beat Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor on Tuesday night. First-half goals from Jesus and Raheem Sterling did the business for City but they felt aggrieved not to be awarded a penalty after the break.

straight to your inboxJoleon Lescott and Peter Crouch disagreed with suggestions that Manchester City's win over Burnley was 'boring' after extending their winning run to 13 matches.City scored two first-half goals as they beat Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor, with Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling getting on the scoresheet. Pep Guardiola 's side have now picked up 13 successive victories in all competitions as they look to reclaim the Premier League title from Liverpool.

straight to your inboxAymeric Laporte insists he has happy at Manchester City but has hinted he might look to assess his future at the club if his playing time does not increase.Laporte has struggled with injury in different spells this season, while he also missed some games after isolating for Covid-19. Since being dropped after defeat at Tottenham, the Frenchman has struggled to disrupt the partnership of John Stones and Ruben Dias as City have gone 19 games unbeaten in all competitions.

straight to your inboxSeeing – and hearing – Ruben Dias in action has Gareth Barry harking back to his early days in the Manchester City dressing room.The former Blues midfielder was brought to the club in 2010 as an experienced 28-year-old who had played at a high level for Aston Villa for ten years, playing nearly 450 games.But it was a 23-year-old Vincent Kompany who startled Barry, whose own experience was a key reason City stumped up a bargain £12million for the England international.Both

straight to your inboxGary Neville has warned Manchester City that Liverpool could ride a similar wave of momentum to themselves following back-to-back Premier League wins.Pep Guardiola's side have risen to the top of the table after a run of 12 matches unbeaten, including nine victories. City's defensive record has been impressive too, with John Stones and Ruben Dias forming a fantastic partnership at centre-back, which has seen only two goals conceded during that run.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola praised the fight of his Manchester City players as they defended as a unit to keep out Sheffield United. Ruben Dias led the defence superbly from the back to pick up another clean sheet that laid the platform for yet another Premier League victory for the Blues.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has picked Aymeric Laporte and Fernandinho in his Manchester City starting XI to take on Sheffield United in the Premier League.City can go four points clear at the top of the Premier League, albeit temporarily with victory over Sheffield United, but the Blades were victorious at Manchester United this week and will be full of confidence of causing another big shock.

straight to your inboxManchester City could recall striker Gabriel Jesus to the starting line up to face Sheffield United.Jesus dropped out for City's win at West Brom this week as Pep Guardiola played a fluid formation without a recognisable striker or false nine.