- Manchester City – Aston Villa, at 9.15pm on V Sport PL and Viaplay
MANCHESTER (Dagbladet): Erling Braut Haaland is not at the start for the light blues. Neither is playmaker Kevin De Bruyne.
Viaplay expert Tor Ole Skullerud is a little shocked.
– I am very surprised. Is he wrecked or what is he? I have not received an explanation, says Skullerud.
Pep Guardiola explains the Haaland bench with a tight match schedule.
“Big news”, reports Sky Sports.
– I think there is reason and prevention ahead of the rush. Pep Guardiola has a team to win in any case – and if he does and at the same time can rest a couple of key players, it’s a jackpot, says Viaplay expert Lars Tjærnås to Dagbladet.
Manchester United: Ortega, Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Guardiol, Rodri, Bernardo, Foden, Doku, Alvarez and Grealish.
Before kick-off, the Manchester Evening News points to a rather special statistic.
Aston Villa is the team in the league that scores the third most at set-pieces – while the team has conceded 13 set-piece goals (fourth worst).
– You might think that when you are dangerous on offensive set pieces, you have few problems on the defensive, but that is not the case with Aston Villa. A surprising weakness that Manchester City can exploit, writes the local newspaper.
Follow the match minute by minute below:
In tonight’s match programme, coach Pep Guardiola opens by thanking everyone who has made the trip. He then quickly enters the 0-0 match against Arsenal on Sunday.
– The match was really tough. Naturally, we would like to win. But we take a point and move on. Arsenal made it difficult for us to find room. But we fight to the end. The players make me proud, writes Guardiola.
Manchester City are battling against both Liverpool and Arsenal in the Premier League title race.
