Man City starting XI vs Chelsea confirmed as Raheem Sterling starts but Phil Foden out

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola hailed Raheem Sterling’s maturity as a player after the Manchester City ace struck a superb hat-trick at Brighton. The Blues and England winger sparked a 5-0 win on the south coast and made himself firm favourite to be the first City player for nine years to score more goals in a season than the legendary Sergio Aguero.

straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero will not be fit to face Real Madrid in the Champions League next month. The Manchester City striker has been ruled out by manager Pep Guardiola, after having surgery on a knee meniscus problem he picked up in the 5-0 win over Burnley last month.

straight to your inboxDespite training alongside Sergio Aguero at Manchester City every day, Phil Foden has overlooked his club teammate when asked to name the best finisher he has played alongside.Foden has enjoyed a breakthrough season, especially since the Premier League restart, as he has repaid Pep Guardiola with some impressive performances when given extended game time with City.His form has prompted calls for an England call-up next season, with BT Sport pundit Rio Ferdinand saying he

straight to your inboxThe days of teams winning titles built on a defensive approach are long gone.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola praised the unique ability of Gabriel Jesus to improve Manchester City as the spotlight focuses on the attack without Sergio Aguero.An injury to Aguero leaves the Blues without their club record scorer for at least the rest of their domestic campaign and potentially the whole season including the Champions League.

straight to your inboxBarcelona great Rivaldo has urged Gabriel Jesus to stick with Manchester City and Pep Guardiola this summer. The 23-year-old joined City for £27m from Palmeiras in 2016 and has scored a combined 63 goals in 139 games for City.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola is planning to face Real Madrid without Sergio Aguero but Manchester City remain hopeful that they will be able to call on the striker again this season. Aguero suffered a problem with his meniscus in the second game back after the restart and will miss the remainder of the Premier League and FA Cup campaign after undergoing surgery in Barcelona.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has named Eric Garcia and Phil Foden in his Manchester City starting XI to face Liverpool in the Premier League tonight. City host the newly-crowned champions looking to avenge their defeat at Anfield earlier in the season, and Guardiola has turned to the young duo to try and get the win.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola is unsure whether club legends Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho will stay beyond next summer.But the Manchester City boss is committed to a rebuild of the squad which will begin this summer.The departures of David Silva, Claudio Bravo and Leroy Sane this year, just 12 months after Vincent Kompany departed, has continued the break-up of the sensational squad which won successive Premier League titles.But by next summer Aguero – the biggest name of all – will be

Manchester City morning headlines on Monday, June 29.Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes his players have overcome their penalty woes, after Kevin De Bruyne’s successful conversion against Newcastle United.The Belgian made no mistake as he gave City the lead in their 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final win over the Geordies on Sunday.Missed penalties have been an issue for City this season, with Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus, and Ilkay Gundogan all having failed from 12

Manchester City have overcome their penalty woes after Kevin De Bruyne fired in another goal from the spot.The team have been plagued by misses this season, with failed attempts from Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus, and Ilkay Gundogan - some more costlier than others.Kevin De Bruyne stepped up when needed to convert at the Bernabeu to complete City's turnaround in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash with the Spanish giants, and then stepped up to stroke home

City in 2017 was regarded as a long-term strategy to prepare for life without Aguero in years to come. A fee of £28.8million brought the highly-rated Brazilian to the Etihad Stadium almost three years ago and his time in Manchester so far has been a success.

Manchester City players can "survive" their remaining Premier League games in order to give them the best chance of winning their knockout competitions.The Blues started back again with just Claudio Bravo and John Stones sidelined, but Sergio Aguero, Phil Foden, and Joao Cancelo were all added to that list by the end of their second match of the restart.

Gabriel Jesus is carrying a knock that has prevented him from starting for Manchester City at Chelsea.With Sergio Aguero out, Guardiola made six changes from the side that started against Burnley on Monday.

Manchester City as the Premier League edges closer to its conclusion.However, the Spaniard will have to manage without Sergio Aguero for an extended period of time after the star striker suffered a knee injury against Burnley last week.The 32 year-old is set to undergo surgery, but the positive news is that his absence should allow Gabriel Jesus to showcase his ability to eventually lead City's attack when Aguero finally departs.The Brazilian is commonly recognised as a top player but when

Aguero injury not down to restart - Guardiola Manchester City lost striker Sergio Aguero to a knee injury in the 5-0 win over Burnley earlier in the week, but manager Pep Guardiola says the problem was merely down to poor fortune rather than the league having been restarted after too short a period of training time. “Unlucky.

Manchester City will be something of an England youth reunion for Phil Foden as he comes up against Mason Mount, with an unfit Callum Hudson-Odoi watching on from the stands.Foden may not have recovered from the knock that saw him limping at the end of his virtuoso performance against Burnley.But if he is fit, and does play, it is the surest sign yet that Pep Guardiola has finally removed all restraints.The 20-year-old followed an excellent cameo as sub against Arsenal with a man-of-the-match

Ilkay Gundogan as one of the options to replace injured Sergio Aguero.The Manchester City manager is due to discover in the next 24 hours the severity of the knee injury to the club’s all-time leading goalscorer.And, while he backed Gabriel Jesus as the obvious replacement as the Blues head to Chelsea on Thursday night, he pointed out that the pressing need for rotation in the hectic, re-started season means that Jesus cannot be expected to play in every game.He went on to list the players he

Sergio Aguero’s injury was not a result of the hasty re-start of the Premier League season.And the Manchester City manager expressed his hope that even if the worst is realised, the blow will simply give someone else the chance to shine in the Champions League next month.The 32-year-old striker has been ruled out of the rest of the domestic season after undergoing knee surgery on Wednesday, and City are awaiting the verdict on the length of his absence.Guardiola suggested there was a chance he

Manchester City evening headlines on Wednesday, June 24.Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has revealed that he has undergone surgery on a knee injury picked up against Burnley on Monday night.The 32-year-old was substituted in the first half after coming off worse in a tackle with Ben Mee that led to City being awarded a penalty in the 5-0 win.It was confirmed after the game that Aguero would travel to Barcelona for further assessments on the injury with knee specialist Dr. Ramon Cugat.