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straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says he wants Joao Cancelo to move into midfield to guard against the counter-attack and defend 'with the ball'.Cancelo has been excellent this season for Manchester City, and has impressed with his performances from full-back that see him regularly move into a defensive midfield position when the Blues have possession to link up with his attacking teammates from the centre.The 'inverted full-back' role has been likened to Guardiola's use of Phillip Lahm at

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has recalled a number of his senior Manchester City players for the Champions League last-16 second leg vs Borussia Monchengladbach.City hold a 2-0 lead from the 'away' leg three weeks ago, and are back in the same stadium in Budapest for their 'home' leg due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola may have disagreed with "Mr Zinchenko" over the notion that Manchester City can win the Quadruple - but the manager is doing everything he can to turn the impossible into a reality. The City boss doesn't want his players to get carried away with talk of trophies when they still haven't won one yet this season, with their incredible 21-match winning run in all competitions achieved by only focusing on the next opponents in front of them.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola warned Raheem Sterling that he will soon have even more competition for a place in the squad after leaving him out of the squad to face Fulham.Sterling, 26, has been one of the most-used and most successful players under Guardiola at Manchester City; only two outfield players have more minutes than him this season and his goal at Anfield last month saw him become the third ever player - after Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero - to score 100 goals on the Catalan’s

straight to your inbox Raheem Sterling's absence from the Manchester City squad is purely tactical, Pep Guardiola has confirmed. Sterling was a noteable absentee from the starting line up and substitutes at Craven Cottage on Saturday night, for a teamsheet that had seven changes from the win against Southampton.

straight to your inboxAfter unsuccessful youth spells with Everton and Liverpool, Joey Barton would make his breakthrough at Manchester City under the watchful eye of Kevin Keegan. Barton's 'debut’ certainly didn’t go to plan, though. City were two goals down away at Middlesbrough in 2003 when Nicolas Anelka pulled one back, and Keegan made the decision to summon 18-year-old Barton from the substitutes bench. However, Barton had lost his shirt and, with the rules outlining he needed to wear his

straight to your inboxIt's probably the most infamous yellow card in Premier League history.August 23 2006. Manchester City's first home game of the season - a 0-0 draw against Portsmouth marking a slight improvement on an opening day 3-0 reverse at Chelsea.

straight to your inboxIt took little more than 10 minutes for Birmingham City's youngsters to abandon their starting formation and drop to a five-man defence in order to deal with Liam Delap - but the damage had already been done.There were only three minutes on the clock when Manchester City's under-18s got their first chance to take the lead and it was Delap who grabbed it, setting City on their way to a strong start to their defence of the FA Youth Cup.With City making a new striker their top

straight to your inboxJoao Cancelo says he is finally starting to reap the benefits of learning the role Pep Guardiola had in mind for him when he first joined Manchester City.Cancelo was a high profile arrival in 2019, replacing Danilo who moved to Juventus. However, with Cancelo apparently the chosen full-back chosen to offer cover on both sides of defence, his early start to life at City was tough.

straight to your inbox every day for free Wayne Rooney has hailed the 'excellence' of Teden Mengi after his Man of the Match display for Derby on Wednesday night. The Manchester United loanee kept an impressive clean sheet away at Barnsley as the Rams were held to an encouraging goalless draw in the Championship.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMarcus Rashford reminded one Manchester United fan of Wayne Rooney during Sunday's Premier League victory over Manchester City, as supporters praised his defensive work-rate in the second half. Rashford helped United beat Pep Guardiola's men 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium to end City's 21-match winning streak.