Man City press conference LIVE Juanma Lillo standing in for Pep Guardiola plus Sheffield United team news

Manchester City travel to South Yorkshire to take on Sheffield United on Sunday, but manager Pep Guardiola will miss the trip as he recovers from back surgery.

Guardiola underwent emergency surgery this week and will spend the next two weeks or so recovering in Barcelona, so he will miss the Sheffield United game as well as next week's fixture at home to Fulham. In his place, assistant manager Juanma Lillo will be in charge, and he will face the media today to preview this weekend's fixture.

Lillo could offer a team news update with Bernardo Silva expected to be back after illness, but John Stones is out until after the international break and Kevin De Bruyne is out until the new year. Jeremy Doku signed on Thursday and could be in line to make his debut at Bramall Lane.

City are chasing a midfielder in the transfer market before next week's deadline, with Matheus Nunes and Eberechi Eze both options. Lillo may be asked for an update in that department as well.

Follow below for live updates from Lillo's press conference ahead of the Sheffield United trip.

We're expecting to hear from Juanma Lillo in the next few minutes. Stick around for what he's got to say.

The talking points today could be:

Juanma Lillo is always an interesting figure, but we never get to hear from him as assistant manager. Today, we get to hear his thoughts and philosophy that has had a key role in Pep Guardiola's career.

He will be speaking Spanish in answer to the questions today, so we should get his full thoughts to the questions he faces.

We should get a team news update from Lillo, and this is what we know so far:

Hello and welcome to coverage of City's press conference ahead of the trip to Sheffield United.

There's no Pep Guardiola today, but