Pep Guardiola plays down idea of resting Man City players in Champions League

straight to your inboxGoalkeeper Ederson earned praise for his part in Manchester City's victory over Southampton. As well as keeping a clean sheet, the Brazilian stopper played a key role in the only goal of the game in Saturday's Premier League clash at St Mary's.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola was critical of Manchester City's finishing as they picked up a narrow 1-0 win at Southampton. The Blues won for the first time in three games to lift themselves up the Premier League table after difficult draws with West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United had halted their momentum.

straight to your inboxManchester City have given a Christmas present to every primary school kid in East Manchester and every child in in care across the whole city.Staff, players and coaches have paid for, wrapped and delivered more than 5,500 gifts.And with the coronavirus pandemic meaning the traditional Christmas visits to hospitals are off the cards, stars including Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne have been video calling patients on children's wards at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital,

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has said that Kevin De Bruyne is too important to rest over the Christmas period. The Manchester City midfielder, who picked up another gong on Thursday to recognise his outstanding level over the past 18 months, started the West Brom game just days after the derby with United.

straight to your inboxRiyad Mahrez used his vote for the prestigious FIFA Best Men's Player award to put forward Liverpool's Sadio Mane before Manchester City teammate Kevin De Bruyne. As Algeria captain, Mahrez was able to pick his top three players of the year, with his first pick earning five points, his second three points and his third choice one point to go towards a final total that eventually crowned Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski the clear winner.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola was full of praise for Kevin De Bruyne as the Manchester City midfielder was voted into the 2020 FIFA FIFPro World XI.Every year FIFA and FIFPro aim to recognise the best players in world football, with voting ballots sent out to players across the globe to decide on the stars that have most impressed them over the past 12 months. A shortlist of 55 are then whittled down to just one team and De Bruyne has made the final cut.

straight to your inboxRaheem Sterling has insisted Manchester City have coped with the loss of Vincent Kompany and David Silva in the dressing room and named Ruben Dias and Kevin De Bruyne as players who have stepped into those roles. Two of City's greatest ever players have left the Etihad Stadium in the last two summers, with Silva moving to Real Sociedad after 10 years in England, whilst Kompany joined Anderlecht as player-manager.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United and Manchester City played out a drab draw in their Premier League derby at Old Trafford on Saturday evening. Despite both sides knowing three points would take them into the top four, neither really threatened in a game which finished goalless.Riyad Mahrez had City’s best chance when he was put through in the right channel by Kevin De Bruyne, but his strike was kept out by David de Gea.

direct to your inboxManchester City star Kevin De Bruyne has heaped praise on Manchester United playmaker Bruno Fernandes but played down comparisons between the two ahead of today's Manchester derby.United welcome City to Old Trafford sitting one point above Pep Guardiola's men in the Premier League table after 11 games played.Much of United's recent success can be attributed to the arrival of Fernandes in the last season's January transfer window with his performances in November recognised

direct to your inboxManchester United's Champions League exit makes the derby more dangerous for Manchester City, according to Kevin De Bruyne.A much-changed Blues XI cruised to an unimportant European victory over Marseille 24 hours after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side had sensationally been relegated to the Europa League following a dramatic game with RB Leipzig.

for his four nominees for the MEN Manchester City Fans’ Footballer of the Year.Here is what he said. Nominees: Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez"Surely nobody has had a better 12 months than Kevin De Bruyne, performance-wise.

straight to your inboxFormer Liverpool and Manchester City midfielder Steve McManaman has hailed John Stones after the defender produced another impressive display during Saturday's victory against Fulham.Raheem Sterling 's early goal and a penalty from Kevin de Bruyne sealed a 2-0 win for the hosts, who were dominant throughout the match against Scott Parker's side.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola is expected to recall a number of players for the Premier League visit of Fulham today.After resting some of his big hitters in the Champions League this week, Guardiola can call upon the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker again as Manchester City look to build on last week's win over Burnley.With an opportunity for more rotation this week against Marseille, City can afford to go strong against Fulham in order to get three points and also

straight to your inboxBenjamin Mendy was a relieved man to finally get on the scoresheet for Manchester City - after 60 appearances without a goal.Mendy's time at City has been disrupted by a number of injuries, but he has returned from his latest setback in good form, impressing in the last two games at Olympiacos and at home to Burnley.It was against the Clarets that Mendy finally got off the mark for City, timing his run to the back post perfectly to volley home Kevin De Bruyne's lovely cross

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has recalled Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker to his Manchester City side after resting the pair for the midweek Champions League win in Greece.De Bruyne and Walker did not travel for the win over Olympiacos, which secured City's passage into the knockout stages with two games to spare. That allows Guardiola to place more resources into the Premier League in the next three weeks, starting with the home fixture against Burnley.

straight to your inboxKyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne are not injured, Pep Guardiola confirmed, despite them remaining at home for Manchester City's Champions League trip to Olympiacos.The senior duo have been ever-present in City's games this season, but were notable absentees in the travelling squad to Greece for City's latest Champions League group game.However, Guardiola confirmed that the decision to leave them out of the game was taken for fitness reasons, to give the experienced pair a

City know a win will seal a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League, but Olympiacos will offer a tough challenge in Greece. Guardiola opted to leave Kyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne in Manchester to hand the pair a much-needed rest, but was able to include Fernandinho, Benjamin Mendy and Sergio Aguero in the travelling squad.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Tuesday, 24 November.De Bruyne hopeful on rotation Kevin De Bruyne believes Manchester City ‘s performances and results will improve when players return and more rotation can be made. Pep Guardiola has called for five substitutions to be allowed per team for each match, which would help ease the burden on players amid a hectic schedule.

straight to your inboxKevin de Bruyne has stated it has been difficult to find consistency in attack due to Manchester City's injury problems so far this season.City suffered a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham on Saturday, their second defeat of the season, and fired a blank against Jose Mourinho's side.