Pep Guardiola press conference LIVE Man City team news and title race verdict ahead of Fulham

Manchester City return to Premier League action on Wednesday night when they welcome Fulham to the Etihad.

The Blues are six points behind Arsenal at the top of the table but with the Gunners not in action until Thursday night, Pep Guardiola's side could pile the pressure on and trim that advantage to three points.

Fulham have lost three of their last four games to slip down the table and City will be favourites to continue their strong home form with the Blues unbeaten domestically on their own patch since their first home game of the season against Tottenham in August.

Guardiola will provide a team news update, with Ruben Dias having made a welcome return to action off the bench at Liverpool on Sunday.. Abdukodir Khusanov was replaced after suffering a head injury while John Stones, Savinho, Jeremy Doku and Mateo Kovacic are all sidelined.

Guardiola is due to speak to the media at 12.30pm and we will have all bases covered here on the blog so stay with us.

Oli Reiss' men won 4-1 at Chelsea in the last-16 of the FA Youth Cup with a commanding second half showing to move into the quarter-finals. It was the latest in a long line of standout displays from City this season with the Blues running away with the U18 Premier Division North.

The youngsters have 12 wins from 13 games and look a certainty to win the title this season. But a trip to the capital to take on Chelsea, a club with pedigree in the Youth Cup and one who are unbeaten at the top of the U18 Premier League South, was a daunting prospect.

But City turned on the style to complete a convincing win. Read more here.

It took Erling Haaland more than three years at Manchester City to speak to reporters after a game, and his second trip to the mixed zone in