The Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, champions of England (they have won four of the last five editions of the Premier League), will begin defending their title this afternoon against West Ham at the London Stadium. This Sunday will be the day Erling Haaland, new star of the ‘citizens’, will debut in the Premier, after joining City from Borussia Dortmund.
Victory against the ‘hammers’ will have a double significance for Pep Guardiola’s team: it will allow him to at least partially turn the page after losing the Community Shield against Liverpool on July 30 (3-1) and to also be with 2 more points in the table than his great rival, because Jürgen Klopp’s team did not pass this Saturday from 2-2 against Fulham on the first day of the Premier.
It’s another City, without players like Raheem Sterling (after his departure from Chelsea) and Gabriel Jesus (now at Arsenal). With Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Aké aiming to start against David Moyes’ ‘hammers’, led by Declan Rice and semi-finalists in the last Europa League (they fell to eventual champions Eintracht Frankfurt).
PROBABLE LINEUPS
West Ham vs Manchester City
London Stadium, 17.30 (DAZN)
West Ham: Fabianski; Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell; Coufal, Soucek, Rice, Johnson; Bowen, Michael Antonio and Fornals.
coaches: David Moyes
Manchester City: Edison; Walker, Dias, Ake, Cancelo; Bernardo Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Haaland and Foden
coaches: Pep Guardiola
Referee: Michael Oliver
Source: La Verdad
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