Pep Guardiola: “Prepare Fulham. All my preparations are Fulham. Not because in February, March it will be better. In February we are 20 points behind, or maybe 20 points in front - who knows?! The game next is the best solution. In my experience, it’s the best way.”

Pep Guardiola: “I never think about future, March, February, the World Cup, never ever! I demand from my team, myself, every single game do the best! ‘No we’re going to do that because in February we’ll be perfect!’ Who knows?! I plan to be 12 months perfect! This is my plan.”

Pep Guardiola on whether Man City players fear an injury similar to Rodri: “They don’t think about that! What happens is going to happen. Don’t stress! Just prepare better your body. If you're not well prepared, it's more risky. They're well prepared, mentally, everything.”

Pep Guardiola: “I would like to be told, 'Today I'm tired, today I'll not be ready, it’s better to have less minutes', but players don’t say that. I would love it! They want to play every game. That’s nice, that’s fine, but in some moments the body says, ‘Warnings! I’m here!’”

“It’s a lot of games, a lot of years, many years of injuries, long ones, consequences are here. The same with a car when they go to be replaced for some things, and it’s not the same car. It’s not the same as when you go to buy a car.”

Pep Guardiola: “I don’t know if this season, at the end of the season for the States in the [Club] World Cup, we are going to play more games than the Treble year, when we won the Treble and played all the games in the season. Maybe we will play less games!”

“It’s quite similar from previous seasons, I'd say... The only problem I'd say will be the next season, in the beginning... As much as you go through in the competitions, you have two more games in the UCL, but two more games is not much, much different.”

Back at the Etihad for more premier league action! 👊

Kick-off approaching! 😤⏳

#ManCity

Your City line-up this afternoon 🩵

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

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

KICK-OFF | COME ON CITY! 🩵

17. HUGE SAVE, EDDIE! 👏

He stops as Adama Traore sprinted through one-on-one.

🩵 0-0 ⚪️

Goal! Man City 0-1 Fulham, Andreas Pereira. [26’]

[28'] Huge chance for Fulham, and it should be 0-2 vs Man City. Adama Traore missing a golden opportunity once again. 0-1.

GOAL! Man City 1-1 Fulham, Mateo Kovacic! [32’]

HALF-TIME | Level after 45.

🩵 1-1 ⚪️

SECOND HALF | Let's do this, City! 💪

GOAL! Man City 2-1 Fulham, Mateo Kovacic! [47’]

JEREMY DOKU. WHAT A GOAL!!! 🚀

Man City 3-1 Fulham [82’]

Goal. Man City 3-2 Fulham, Rodrigo Muniz. [88’]

🟨Ederson is booked for time-wasting.