Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva have been picked to start for Manchester City in today’s huge meeting with Arsenal.
Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden are only on the bench as Pep Guardiola sticks with his new 3-2-4-1 formation for the Premier League title showdown.
City are only without Nathan Ake, who suffered a hamstring injury in the recent Champions League meeting with Bayern Munich.
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Tonight’s hosts trail the Gunners by five points but have two games in hand, and can take real control of the title race should they come out on top at the Etihad and extend their winning run in the League to seven matches.
Mahrez did not play a single minute across the two legs in the Champions League against Bayern Munich, but started against Sheffield United in the FA Cup and scored a hat-trick to send City through to the final.
He is still second in line to Silva’s spot on the right however, while Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri both return to the starting line-up after being rested at Wembley.
Ake was the one injury concern for Pep Guardiola as he prepares for the Gunners’ visit, with the Dutchman a major doubt all week as a result of the hamstring injury that forced him off in the second leg against Bayern.
Aymeric Laporte drops out with John Stones coming back in to take up his hybrid midfield role.
After two cameo appearances off the bench, Foden does not make his first start in a month, as Jack Grealish continues to shine on the left.
Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Akanji; Stones, Rodrigo; De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Grealish; Haaland.
Subs: Ortega Moreno, Phillips, Laporte, Alvarez, Gomez, Mahrez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis.
