Manchester City star John Stones and an England legend surprised a crowd of 300 homeless football players taking part in a charity tournament.
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Here are your latest Manchester City evening headlines on Sunday, September 17.
Guardiola makes honest admission on new signing
Pep Guardiola admits he didn't think new signing Jeremy Doku would play as well as he did at West Ham. Manchester City paid Rennes £55.5million to buy the 21-year-old winger this summer, but assistant Juanma Lillo cautioned against putting too much responsibility on his shoulders too early and he could only show glimpses of his potential on debut against Fulham on debut.
However, on his second outing for the club, he terrorised West Ham man Vladimir Coufal and got the important equaliser in a 3-1 win for the Blues to show he can influence games.
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Guardiola was nodding along at the mere mention of Doku's name in his press conference at the London Stadium and the returning Catalan manager did not need an invitation to talk up how well his new recruit had done in City's fifth straight Premier League win.
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Balotelli returns to Turkey after release from FC Sion
Mario Balotelli has returned to former club Adana Demirspor in Turkey after being recently released by Sion. The one-time Premier League winner for City makes the 12th move of his career and links up with ex-Manchester United winger Nani there. Balotelli departed just 12 months into his stay at Switzerland after initially signing a two-year deal with now-Swiss Challenge League outfit Sion in 2022.
Balotelli netted six goals in 19 appearances for the club, but has been let go early after a rocky time. City's former striker fell out of favour amid injury setbacks as Sion were relegated from
Manchester City star John Stones and an England legend surprised a crowd of 300 homeless football players taking part in a charity tournament.
"I don't want to waste energy in this competition at that stage," said Pep Guardiola at full-time at St James' Park.
Pep Guardiola insists there is no disappointment at Manchester City's quadruple chances ending at the first hurdle - instead highlighting three players who took their chance at Newcastle in the Carabao Cup.
Arsenal could be left sweating on the fitness of Bukayo Saka for their clash with Manchester City next month after Mikel Arteta confirmed his winger suffered a foot problem in Sunday's 2-2 draw against Tottenham.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is expected to shuffle his star-studded pack for their Carabao Cup third-round tie against Newcastle United on Wednesday night (8pm).
Pep Guardiola praised Jeremy Doku's decision-making in the final third after the £55million winger continued the bright start he has made to his Manchester City career against Nottingham Forest.
You will have to go back a long way to find the last time Pep Guardiola picked a Manchester City team lacking the ingredient he usually treasures above all others: control. So perhaps it was fitting that by the end everyone inside the Etihad had chucked the shackles away and embraced the chaos.
Pep Guardiola has leapt to the defence of striker Erling Haaland, telling anyone who doubts his finishing that they will soon eat their words.
Pep Guardiola is likely to tinker with his Manchester City side when Nottingham Forest visit the Etihad Stadium this weekend.
Oscar Bobb is aiming to follow in the footsteps of Jack Grealish, Jeremy Doku and Phil Foden at Manchester City.
Ederson agrees with Pep Guardiola's recent assessment that he is maturing - even if he is still putting Manchester City hearts in mouths with some of his decision-making on the pitch.
All those legitimate concerns and worries. All of them are already completely blown away.
Bernardo Silva will be assessed at Manchester City on Thursday amid early hopes over the injury.
Pep Guardiola says Bernardo Silva was injured as he was substituted in the first half of Manchester City's Champions League win over Crvena Zvezda on Tuesday.
Ryan Tunnicliffe has detailed his ambitions upon signing for Australian side Adelaide United on a free transfer.
Pep Guardiola is hopeful that he can call on more players for the Nottingham Forest game on Saturday as Manchester City struggle with injuries.
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