Pep Guardiola is guilty of bringing Big Ears back to Manchester and has appointed a team, with Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero at the helm.
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PORTO IS READY!
PORTO WARM BEGINS ITS WARM-UP
– FC Porto (@FCPorto) October 21, 2020
STATE OF STERLING
Since Raheem Sterling’s debut for Man City in September 2015, he has scored 20 goals in the Champions League, the highest number of English players with Harry Kane.
PORTO SUBS
4, Leite, 6. Loum, 9. Taremi, 10, Nakajima, 16. Grujic, 18. Manafa, 21. Baro, 28. Anderson, 30. Evanilson, 31. Nanu, 99. Diogo Costa
UP TO THE CITY OF MANCHESTER
5. Stones, 11. Zinchenko, 13. Steffen, 21. Torres, 25. Ferandinho, 33. Carson, 47. Foden, 61. Nmecha, 69. Doyle, 78. Harwood-Bellis, 80. Palmer, 82. Bernabe
PORTO EXIT XI
Porto up with a 3412
1. Marchesin, 19. Mbemba, 3. Pepe, 32. Sarr, 17. Corona, 27. Oliviera, 8. Uribe, 12. Sanusi, 50. Vieria, 7. Diaz, 11. Marega
MANCHESTER CITY FROM XI
Pep Guardiola climbs with what looks like a 433 formation
31. Moraes, 2. Walker, 3 Days, 50. Garcia. 27 Cancelo, 20. Silva, 16. Hernandez, 8. Gudogan, 26, Mahrez, 10, Aguero, 7. Sterling
PORTO FORM
Porto have won two, lost one and tied in one of their 4 league games, so this season they are moment in the Primeira Liga table.
CITY FORM
Manchester City won two, lost one and tied in one of their four league games, so this season they are ranked 11th in the Premier League table.
PEP POSITIVITY
“To be in the quarter-finals several times and [in the competition] 10 times in a row is for us, but I know the truth about this club.
“The next step is to take a step in the Champions League. The things we’ve done are a thing of the afterlife and now it’s a new opportunity. “
PEP’S THOUGHTS ON LAST SEASON’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN
“Losing to Lyon in Lisbon was a difficult time. I felt very responsible. I couldn’t lead the club and the players to victory.
“I feel so responsible. We have to settle for reality; we weren’t smart enough. We don’t play badly, but at the same time we made mistakes and we can’t do it at this festival and get ahead. “
Good night
Welcome to our Manchester City vs Porto blog
Manchester City will host Porto in their first organizing match in this season’s Champions League, Pep Guardiola’s team will win for a moment in a week after beating Arsenal 1-0 on Saturday.
Porto, who won the festival in 2004, hopes to recover from a disappointing draw at Sporting Lisbon on Saturday, Sergio Conceicao’s team was on their way to victory until a Luciano Vietto purpose denied them all three points.
Pep Guardiola can give Oleksandr Zinchenko a first start to the season, the Ukrainian defender has not yet played for City this season due to injury and is now available.
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is pushing for a revocation in the lineup, with Bernado Silva and Joao Cancelo, any of them in the arsenal win, are also in the fight.
Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Aymeric Laporte and Benjamin Mendy were unavailable for injury.
All that’s missing is defenseman Ivan Marcano and goalkeeper Mouhamed Mbaye, injured in the ACL.
Philip Anderson, on loan from West Ham, is in a position to return quickly to England after leaving the East London club on a season loan earlier this month, expected to start from the left with Corona and Moussa Marega completing the three most sensitive.
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