Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Manchester City’s Premier League game with Leeds United.
Pep Guardiola’s side will be desperate to return to winning ways after successive defeats checked the momentum built up prior to the November international break. City have fallen seven points behind Arsenal - who are at second place Chelsea tomorrow - and can’t afford that gap to get any bigger.
Guardiola made 10 changes in midweek and the selection gamble backfired with a meek 2-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League. It would be no surprise this afternoon. to see the Blues revert to the side that faced Newcastle seven days ago.
Rodri remains unavailable while Mateo Kovacic is a long term absentee but everyone else is fit. Kick off at the Etihad is 3pm and we’ll bring you all the build up, action, analysis and reaction right here so stay with us.
City must arrest their mini slump at home to Leeds in the Premier League today. City had the chance to temporarily cut the gap to leaders Arsenal to just one point last weekend but they faltered away at Newcastle and the defeat meant they slipped to third in the table - seven points behind the Gunners after Mikel Arteta's men swept aside Tottenham.
A shock Champions League defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in midweek - where Pep Guardiola made no fewer than 10 changes to his starting XI - made it back-to-back defeats and ensured the game against Leeds has already been classed as a must-win fixture.
Wholesale changes will again be made to Guardiola's starting XI for the game at the Etihad, and here's a look at the players City will be without.
It was an unusually introspective and reflective Pep Guardiola who pulled up a chair in front of the media at the City Football
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