Pep Guardiola press conference LIVE Man City transfer and injury latest ahead of Sunderland

Hello and welcome to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City press conference ahead of the Premier League trip to Sunderland on New Year's Day.

City are in fine form having won their last eight matches in all competitions but begin 2026 five points behind Arsenal in the league table after the Gunners impressively swept aside Aston Villa on Thursday night. The trip to newly-promoted Sunderland will be a tough task for the Blues with the Black Cats unbeaten on home turf this season.

A win would see City cut the gap at the top to two points and open some daylight to the sides below after Villa, Chelsea and Manchester United all failed to win on Tuesday. Guardiola will discuss the title race and provide some injury news with Rodri returning to the squad as an unused substitute last time out at Nottingham Forest but City are still missing Mateo Kovacic, Jeremy Doku and Oscar Bobb.

The latter is subject of transfer interest and with the January window opening tomorrow there will be plenty of transfer talk with Antoine Semenyo a top target for City.

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There's no shortage of City topics to discuss as Guardiola's men look to compete in four competitions this season after the disappointment of last season. We've got every game and press conference covered for you but we also know that there is so much going on around that.

That's why we are holding regular Q&A sessions with our chief City writer Simon Bajkowski. The day of the week it comes out on may change depending on what City's schedule looks like but essentially this is your chance to get an answer on anything you want - simply comment on the Q&A article when it comes out or respond