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Manchester Evening News
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Dominic Farrell

Pep Guardiola teases plan B for Premier League race as Erling Haaland alternative re-emerges

The only unfamiliar aspect of the Manchester City forward line Pep Guardiola selected to face Fulham in the fourth round of the FA Cup was Jack Grealish’s newly shorn hairline.

Fresh from the barber’s chair - keeping up with Phil Foden really is tough nowadays - Grealish will line up alongside his England teammate and Riyad Mahrez in the attacking trident.

It is perhaps the front three most emblematic of Guardiola’s City at this stage of their development. None of Raheem Sterling’s relentless runs in behind, nor Gabriel Jesus’ lingering resemblance to a traditional striker.

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