Ederson call, De Bruyne decision - Man City team Pep Guardiola must pick to face Nottingham Forest

Manchester City are in unchartered waters having lost four straight Premier League games for the first time since the 2006-07 campaign.

It's six defeats in seven for Pep Guardiola's men ahead of Wednesday night's visit of Nottingham Forest. The Blues will be desperate to end that wretched run but the performance at Anfield on Sunday raised more questions than answers as to how City resurrect their season.

Guardiola has problems to solve almost across the park with players struggling for form and confidence. With the majority of the squad now available - John Stones, Rodri, Mateo Kovacic and Oscar Bobb are the four sidelined - the boss must find a winning formula. Here our writers have their say on what the side should be on Wednesday.

It's usually really hard to pick a Guardiola team because he has so many options but at the minute not only are there fewer but the ones that are there don't exist in the same way. Manu Akanji looked better when moving into midfield at Anfield and is worth a shot in that role given nobody else has been able to nail it down.

That will free up Ilkay Gundogan for one last chance to show what he can do in his preferred role before James McAtee is surely given a chance, and Phil Foden to try to rediscover the form that has eluded him all season with a number of false starts. Matheus Nunes has shown more than Savinho and Jeremy Doku, and it is also time for Jack Grealish to step up.

Kyle Walker has to be given a rest for his own sake, especially given Rico Lewis showed improvement in the game against Liverpool. Josko Gvardiol can come back in too if Akanji pushes up but Ake and Dias look like two figures that need to be central to the revival, while Ederson has to return as well.

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