How Man City should line up vs Crystal Palace in the Premier League

Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland could return to the Manchester City starting line up at Crystal Palace on Saturday - although Pep Guardiola said he would wait until the last minute to decide his team.

Guardiola rested the influential pair for City's midweek win over Aston Villa, citing the quick turnaround between a Wednesday 8.15pm kick off and a Saturday lunchtime clash at Palace. In their absence, Phil Foden scored a hat-trick and would expect to keep his place - although the upcoming trip to Real Madrid in the Champions League next week could also influence Guardiola's selection.

Nathan Ake and Kyle Walker remain out while Ederson is back in contention and John Stones has returned to training so could feature at Selhurst Park.

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Read how our writers think City should line up and use the interactive team selector to pick your best starting XI below:

Simon Bajkowski

Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland presumably both come into the team after being benched against Aston Villa. Anything other than that would create headlines that Guardiola surely doesn't want to be dealing with ahead of Real Madrid.

Haaland has to come in for Alvarez, and the question then turns to De Bruyne. Jeremy Doku is the best bet, given the way the subs went on Wednesday night.

Guardiola admits his side need to win this match for their title race hopes, so they have to play their strongest possible team. There may not have been enough of a turnaround from Villa, but there is at least plenty of time before the