Man City's post-international break trend will encourage Pep Guardiola

Manchester City have reconvened at the CFA ahead of the most important month in the club’s season, and they will be looking to continue a winning trend to kickstart their run-in on a positive note. Pep Guardiola’s side are still on course for an historic treble, with a two-legged Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid just around the corner and an FA Cup semi-final with Liverpool still to come.

But first, City will have to be almost flawless to fend off the challenge of Jurgen Klopp’s side in the Premier League. Holding a slender one-point advantage, Guardiola will be hoping his team are back fit and firing from the final international break of the season.

Judging by previous occasions, the Catalan needn’t worry about his teams’ desire to return with a bang against Burnley on Saturday.

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City’s return to club football this season makes for encouraging reading, so here’s how they have fared:

September 11th – Leicester City 0-1 Manchester City

City had recovered well from an early-season setback against Tottenham Hotspur with two 5-0 victories over Norwich and Arsenal, so some fans argued this break possibly came at the wrong time.

The Blues were still trying to find their groove in the season and a trip to the King Power Stadium was not the ideal way to ease back into club football - especially considering some of the horror stories during Guardiola’s tenure at the same venue.

Gabriel Jesus, Ferran Torres and Bernardo Silva all knocked on the Foxes' door for the first hour of the contest, before it turned into a gritty and dogged affair. Leicester also had chances of their own, Harvey Barnes was well-denied by Ederson