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Ederson Walker Stones Laporte Zinchenko Rodri De Bruyne D. Silva Mahrez Jesus Sterling (F) Bench: Bravo, Cancelo, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Bernardo (L), Aguero City 3-1 Spurs

Ederson Walker Stones Laporte Zinchenko Rodri De Bruyne (L) D.Silva Bernardo (F) Aguero Sterling Bench: Bravo, Cancelo, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Mahrez, Jesus West Ham 1-3 City

Bravo Walker Stones Otamendi Zinchenko Rodri De Bruyne (L) D. Silva Bernardo Sterling (F) Sane Subs: Ederson, E.Garcia, Angelino, Gundogan, Foden, Jesus, Aguero City 3-1 Liverpool

I think Pep has got the approach to youth pretty much spot on. He's struck an excellent balance between giving key young players starts/minutes in the cup competitions whilst also ensuring the line-ups remain strong enough to win those games and giving the impression that the club takes every...

I like the sound of this move. Given our issues at left-back it makes a lot of sense to bring him back and keep him around. Obviously immediately selling him on again at a decent profit is good business too but he's always had a lot of talent going forward and clearly he's progressed well since...

Happy with that! Foden starting is a major surprise given that he didn't even make the squad for the last two games - but it allows us to keep the same basic shape that worked well on Wednesday. It's not really a surprise that David Silva drops to the bench after struggling to affect games of...

Difficult to know how the players have recovered from Wednesday. I suspect we need to freshen the team up in a few areas. Hopefully we're able to do this a bit more successfully than Spurs. ----------------------Ederson---------------------- Walker-------Stones------Otamendi-----Danilo...

Happy with that team. Hope Fernandinho is fit for Wednesday. I can only assume Danilo isn't fit enough to start.

I've got a bad feeling about today. Not so much about us winning - i think we'll pick up three points. More that for a long time i've thought that amidst the pressure of a title race, Liverpool would drop vital points against Chelsea, but as this day has got closer it just feels like everything...

This team and subs is perfect. Which is to say it's the exact same one I'd just scribbled down. Honestly wouldn't take any chances with Sergio.

If the F.A. Cup was right in the middle of all the Champions League games and our toughest league games (Spurs, Man Utd) then i think i'd consider it a lower priority. As it is, we've just got one favourable looking game against Brighton to navigate before we even get to that crucial period and...

---------------------Muric------------------------ Bolton------Garcia-----Stones-----Zinchenko ---------------------Delph------------------------ -----------De Bruyne---Foden------------------ Mahrez------------Jesus----------------Poveda Bench: Ederson, Mendy, Sandler, Pozo, Nmecha, Richards...

----------------Ederson---------------- Danilo----Stones--Laporte----Delph -------------Fernandinho-------------- ------De Bruyne-----D.Silva---------- Sterling-------Aguero-----------Sane Bench: Muric, Walker, Otamendi, Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez, Jesus Plenty of recovery time so i wouldn't...

------------------------Muric------------------------ Danilo--------Stones----Otamendi---Zinchenko ---------------------Gundogan---------------------- -------------De Bruyne-----Foden----------------- Mahrez--------------Aguero------------------Sane Bench: Ederson, Walker, Delph, Garcia...

-----------------------Muric----------------------- Walker-----Kompany--Otamendi--Zinchenko --------------------Gundogan--------------------- ------------De Bruyne------Foden--------------- Mahrez--------------Aguero------------Sterling Bench: Ederson, Delph, Stones, Bernardo, Diaz, Sane, Jesus...

Brahim has shown what he can do. He just has to be patient at the moment. As soon as any two from Sterling, Sane, Mahrez, Bernardo, Aguero and Jesus are injured or suspended, he'll get his chance to feature in games that aren't just dead rubbers. Right now everybody he's competing with is not...

I highly doubt we'll even see Diaz in a matchday squad over the next month. If Hoffenheim is a dead rubber in mid-December he'll start that.

Very happy with that. I was expecting Mahrez over Sane based on how Pep has been playing him into the first XI of late, but there's a very strong case to be made that that's our strongest XI until De Bruyne is fit again.

-----------------Ederson----------------- Walker---Stones---Laporte---Mendy --------------Fernandinho-------------- ---------B.Silva--------D.Silva--------- Mahrez--------Aguero--------Sterling Bench: Muric, Danilo, Kompany, Delph, Foden, Jesus, Sane I think we probably have to start that...

A really impressive performance given how many of those players haven't played much recently. Should have been a lot more than 2-0 really but we managed the game well all the same. The players weren't always on the same wavelength but it generally felt a lot more coherent and controlled than...