The Opta supercomputer sees Man City coming out on top against @Newcastle_United on Saturday, with Man City winning 56% of 10,000 pre-match simulations. 💪

𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: Kyle Walker has been voted Man City captain again for the 24/25 season! ©️‼️

◾️ Kevin De Bruyne (Vice-Captain)
◾️ Ruben Dias
◾️ Rodri
◾️ Bernardo Silva
◾️ Ilkay Gundogan

Confirmed by Pep Guardiola. ✅

Pep Guardiola’s response to Mikel Arteta’s comments about having all the information about Man City: “Next time he has to be more clear, exactly he means, what happens here. It can be related to all the processes, now with the 115 charges. Maybe it’s about that, he knows information about that maybe, or things I don’t know.”

Pep Guardiola: “Rodri is irreplaceable for the fact that he has something that is difficult to find, but not just at Man City, all around the world. If you say, ‘OK Pep, you have money to buy a player like Rodri’. They’re not on the market! Because he’s really, really good.”

Pep Guardiola on finding a like-for-like for Rodri in the transfer market: “Right now, we are not thinking to find anyone. But the scouting, or the department from Txiki [Begiristain], of course they are always connected to players.”

Pep Guardiola on finding a solution to Rodri's absence: “I’m so optimistic in myself and my Man City team, and we are going to find a way, that’s for sure.”

Pep Guardiola on replacing Rodri: “In January we have time. Maybe the situation is we need something, an opportunity is possible/not possible. When Rodri's fit, we'll not think, now we see. I’m not able to take a decision now; it's not possible, and I want to see how we react.”

Pep Guardiola: “There is no team that is wanted to be more beaten than us here in England - we felt it, we smelt it… ‘Ugh, again Man City, ugh’. They don’t like us, at all! So we expect that, and OK, it [Rodri's absence] will be a problem, but OK, let’s go! Let’s try!”

Pep Guardiola on Rodri’s absence: “What can we do? Complain, and say, ‘I’m so sorry, when Rodri comes back we’ll start to fight again!’ We have to find a solution as a team, me as a manager, with these important players... We have to move forward, move on.”

Pep Guardiola on Man City’s opponents being boosted by Rodri's absence: “I understand that for the opponents. But we've played four PL games this season without him, and we won them. Of course he’s important, but even if we won a lot of games, he would be missed.”

Pep Guardiola: “I have solutions [to Rodri's absence]. Players can play there. In long balls, presence to win the ball, transitions, he [Rodri] is the best… If I see long balls without Rodri, we are going to lose. Lose 10/10. With Joelinton tomorrow, we are going to lose.”

Pep Guardiola on losing aerial duels without Rodri: “Not a problem. Ready for the second, recover four, five, six seconds later. We have to adapt with the players we have, and other ones will give us something maybe Rodri doesn’t have. Or maybe we put two players.”

Pep Guardiola on @Erling_Haaland being 'fired up' against Arsenal: “Gabriel said perfectly after the match; This is a war, we provoke the opponents, push them, and at the end, what can you do? 'OK, you provoke me, OK I’m there'. You want a war? I will war.”

Pep Guardiola on Rico Lewis: “Never alone [in defensive midfield], but alongside another, always good. More advanced like an attacking midfielder, in pockets, he’s one of the best we have. Except Arsenal and Brentford, he’s played all the minutes. Always he's been the best.

If you say the replacement for Rodri is Rico [Lewis], NO! It’s impossible. But he gives us something alongside [Mateo] Kova, alongside John [Stones], Manu [Akanji], [Ilkay] Gundo. At the end he can do things that maybe can work. We will see!”

Pep Guardiola: “Fernandinho was [injured] at that time, and Sergio [Aguero] many times, or Kevin [De Bruyne] many times. Kevin was one year injured! Almost six or seven months! A lot of time injuries, injuries, injuries, and he didn’t play much and we [still] won again.”

Pep Guardiola: “We have huge personalities in the dressing room and Rodri is one of them, but there are other qualities, and everyone has to make a step forward. Step forward to do more... We have to do more to replace this absence for a long, long time.”

Pep Guardiola: “When one guy is injured, we're so sad. But at the end, he [Rodri] knows we're there. Now he'll be a long time in Madrid with family, recover there with doctors and physios, and come back with our open arms and we will be more than welcoming to come back to us.”

Matchday in the premier league! 👊

Your City line-up for #NEWMCI 🩵

XI | Ederson, Walker (C), Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Lewis, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, Grealish, Haaland

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Stones, Doku, Savinho, Nunes, Foden, McAtee

#ManCity

Manchester City have scored in each of their last 31 Premier League games against @Newcastle_United, the longest scoring streak one team has against another in the competition's history. 🔥⚽️