How Man City should line up vs Bournemouth in Premier League fixture

Manchester City take on Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday and will be aiming to get back to winning ways.

City have taken the lead only to draw in their last two outings against Nottingham Forest and RB Leipzig and will need to rediscover their ruthless streak to keep the pressure on Arsenal in the title race.

Pep Guardiola could be boosted by the return of midfield maestro Kevin De Bruyne after he missed the trip to Germany with illness. Aymeric Laporte is expected to still be unavailable however after he wasn't involved in training on Friday afternoon following his own sickness bug.

John Stones also remains sidelined due to injury but sounds to be on the mend and is approaching a return to full training.

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Joe Bray

With the chance to rotate players next week in the FA Cup, I'd go strong again at Bournemouth with three points imperative to keep the pressure on Arsenal. City used the back three at Leipzig with Kyle Walker venturing forward, but I'd return Bernardo Silva to that 'false left-back' role he's done well in recently and use Nathan Ake in a three.

Bernardo can sit next to Rodri in possession, and that should give Ilkay Gundogan licence to get further forward, along with the returning Kevin De Bruyne. The only other decision to really make is between Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez.

It would be harsh to drop Mahrez after his goal and impressive showing at Leipzig in his 'inside-right' position, but Foden needs games and did well in the home clash against Bournemouth. The combination of