Pep Guardiola has a new most important player at Man City

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says Manchester City need to take their Champions League dead rubber seriously if they want to consider themselves a big team. The Blues confirmed top spot in the group with a drab 0-0 draw at Porto, ensuring an easier draw on paper in the last-16 of the knockout competition next year.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Monday, 30 November.Guardiola calls on defenders to stamp out errorsManchester City boss Pep Guardiola has challenged his defenders to avoid making mistakes if they want to keep their place in the starting line-up.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola played down the idea of resting Manchester City players in their upcoming Champions League fixtures as he looks to send a message to the players about the standards he expects.The Blues have sailed through the group stages in Europe with two games to spare after four straight wins and last week the manager took advantage of more players returning from injury to leave Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker at home for the Olympiacos trip.However, the players have

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola said that Sergio Aguero could return to Manchester City training as early as Sunday despite missing the Premier League win over Burnley. It has been a struggle to get the Argentine striker on the pitch all season and having returned from a five-month layoff in October he pulled up in his third game back.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola singled out John Stones for praise after Manchester City's victory over Olympiacos in the Champions League. While the Blues never managed to kill the game off, it was another assured performance at the back that produced another clean sheet in the competition to lay the platform for a fourth consecutive win in Europe that confirms qualification to the knockout stage.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says no player loved football more than Diego Maradona, as he led Manchester City's tributes to the Argentina legend.Maradona has passed away at the age of 60, leading to tributes to be paid from around the world in respect of one of the greatest players to play the game.The sad news was confirmed before City's Champions League win in Olympiacos, with Guardiola paying tribute to Maradona in his post-match media commitments.Guardiola also offered his

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has confirmed the entire Manchester City squad is fit apart from Nathan Ake ahead of tomorrow's Champions League meeting with Olympiacos.City had been without Ake as well as Benjamin Mendy and Fernandinho in recent weeks while Sergio Aguero returned during the weekend's defeat against Tottenham.The Blues can all but secure passage to the knockout stages of the competition with a victory in Greece after winning all three of their group stage fixtures thus

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola is confident his Manchester City players can rediscover the scoring touch in front of goal after revealing it's "impossible" to spend any time working on issues on the training ground this season.City have scored just 10 times in eight Premier League games this season but will have little time to refine attacking patterns at the Etihad Campus, with Guardiola's side playing twice a week now until at least January.The Blues have already played every midweek this

straight to your inboxJurgen Klopp does not believe that Liverpool and Manchester City will continue to dominate the Premier League despite Pep Guardiola extending his stay at the club.Guardiola's contract was set to expire this summer but it was announced in the week that he had signed a new two-year deal which will see him remain at the Etihad until at least 2023.The Blues and Liverpool have emerged as the two best teams in the country over the last few years and have been intensely battling

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola's new contract will put the pressure on Kevin De Bruyne to extend his stay at Manchester City according to Jamie Redknapp.Guardiola has extended his contract until 2023, putting to bed speculation over his future with the upcoming presidential elections at former club Barcelona.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola insists his Manchester City future beyond 2023 will depend on the success he achieves in the next two and a half years - but crucially did not rule out any further contract extensions.The manager has just committed his future to City for another two and a half years, with the ink on his new contract barely dry before talk has moved to what will happen when this deal expires.Before signing the new contract, Guardiola had always said he must earn any extension

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has told Jose Mourinho to speak to England's medical department after the Tottenham boss hinted Manchester City had put pressure on the Football Association to withdraw Raheem Sterling from Three Lions duty.Sterling linked up with Gareth Southgate's squad for the latest international break, but suffered an injury and the winger returned to City instead without playing a game.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says Manchester City's response to the coronavirus pandemic was a key factor in convincing him that he was at the right club. Speaking to the media for the first time since signing a new two-year contract extension, Guardiola explained how a conversation with chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak was the key factor in convincing him to sign the new deal that will keep him at the club until 2023.

straight to your inboxTottenham boss Jose Mourinho has told Gareth Southgate to name the Premier League managers who put pressure on him to leave their players out of the England squad.Manchester City ace Raheem Sterling withdrew from the England squad during the international break but Mourinho believes that he will feature at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.Three members of Mourinho's Tottenham side all played at least two games during the international break, with Harry Kane playing

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola wants Lionel Messi to finish his career in Barcelona, despite speculation linking Manchester City with a fresh move for the Argentine playmaker.

straight to your inboxMikel Arteta believes Pep Guardiola's new Manchester City contract shows he is more committed than ever at the Etihad.Arteta was Guardiola's assistant manager as City won back-to-back Premier League titles among a domestic treble and seven trophies in his first three seasons at the Etihad.

straight to your inboxManchester City players were worried that Pep Guardiola might leave Manchester City at the end of the current season, Aymeric Laporte has revealed.Guardiola ended weeks of speculation by signing a two-year extension on Thursday, committing his future to City until 2023.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City evening headlines for Thursday, November 19.Pep Guardiola revealed the support from Manchester City was the main reason he agreed a new two-year contract with the club.The Spaniard ended speculation surrounding his future by agreeing a new two-year deal that extends his stay at the club until 2023.