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Bacary Sagna is in line to make his first start in a City shirt, allowing Pablo Zabaleta the chance to rest, something he was unable to do too often last season. On the other side of the back four, Aleks Kolarov is expected to replace Gael Clichy, but Eliaquim Mangala is still not ready to [...]

After a hard-fought opening day win against Newcastle, the visit of Liverpool to the Etihad Stadium on Monday night will pose an altogether more demanding challenge. Last season’s top two come face to face, and while it may be a push to expect Brendan Rodgers’s men to mount another title tilt, they will force City [...]

The waiting is over. Premier League action returns and City will take to the field as reigning champions, determined to hold onto their crown and achieve what only two clubs have done previously by retaining the title. It promises to be a challenging ask, hindered in the short-term at least by a demanding opening few [...]

The Community Shield offers the first chance of silverware in the new season, a battle between the Premier League and FA Cup winners from the previous campaign, but for all the supposed drama of a one-off cup encounter, in reality it is nothing more than a glorified pre-season friendly. Ahead of the visit to Newcastle a [...]

We’re 90 minutes away. Just one final effort, one final performance, one final burst of attacking football to drive us over the finishing line. The title is in our sights, teasing us as it stands there, waiting for us to grasp it tightly, but remaining, for the moment at least, just out of reach. It should [...]