Manchester City and Leeds have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of today’s match
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Manchester City and Leeds United have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of today’s pivotal Premier League fixture at Elland Road. Pep Guardiola’s side knows that they must pick up three points today to keep the pressure on Arsenal. A City win would see them move back within two points of Mikel Arteta’s side ahead of the Gunners’ clash with Chelsea tomorrow. City will take on a Leeds United side that can be a tough opponent to crack at home. Daniel Farke’s side has impressed at times this season and will be desperate to pick up three points to aid their cause of staying in the Premier League after their promotion from the Championship last season.
For Manchester City, they enter today’s match with only one player unavailable due to injury. Josko Gvardiol continues to be sidelined due to a broken leg. Mateo Kovacic has continued to train as he steps up his recovery from surgery to mend a troublesome Achilles issue. Pep Guardiola told the media yesterday that Jeremy Doku has returned to training. The Manchester City manager wouldn’t say yesterday if Doku was set to return for today’s match.
Here are both team’s starting lineups ahead of today’s crucial Premier League fixture at Elland Road.
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has made one change to the starting lineup that beat Newcastle a week ago. Erling Haaland misses today’s match due to injury. He is replaced by Rayan Cherki in the starting lineup. CityXtra relayed a report from Norwegian reporters Jan Aage Fjortoft that Haaland sustained a minor injury at training this week and Haaalnd is expected to return for Manchester City’s next Premier League fixture against Nottingham Forest.
Starting lineup: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Nico O’Reilly, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Omar Marmoush.
Substitutes: Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Doku, Nico, Savinho, Khusanov, Foden.
