"When you have a good squad it's easy for the manager to make changes," Pellegrini said
at Monday's press conference. Pointing to the 5 or 6 players in the line-up against Bayern
"that wouldn't normally start", and the 6 or 7 changes he made for the Arsenal game,
Pellegrini added that "we will makes some changes in the same way we are doing with
the other teams".
Below are the minutes played and goals scored since the international break, along
with the latest injury news.
Although there is no definite news on Aguero's expected return date, mcfc.co.uk
today reported that he will be out "for at least a month".
With Micah still out with a hamstring injury I'd be surprised if Pellegrini risked
Zabaleta. I also expect Fernandinho to be rested and Yaya to play 60-70mins.
Predicted line-up v Leicester
Pantilimon, Boyata, Demichelis, Lescott, Kolorov, Rodwell, Yaya Toure, Milner, Silva, Jovetic, Dzeko
Bench from:
Hart, Zabaleta, Clichy, Kompany, Garcia, Fernandinho, Nasri, Navas, Negredo, Guidetti.
Upcoming matches:
Sat 21 Dec (3.00pm) Away v Fulham
Thu 25 Dec (5.30pm) Home v Liverpool
Sat 28 Dec (3.00pm) Home v Crystal Palace
The disappearance of the Tunnel Cam v Arsenal from the official website on Saturday night prompted
some speculation over the weekend.
My first thought was that maybe someone objected to the bodyguards around Khaldoon being
filmed, or to the details of Khaldoon's hilarious conversation with Wenger being recorded.
The video re-appeared a day later, with four seconds of coverage mysteriously missing. However,
proving that very little disappears from the internet for good, a Bluemoon poster called TCIB solved
the mystery after archiving the original video here.
And the reason for the re-edit? On 12.37mins of the original video an Arsenal player loudly declares:
"It stinks of piss".
- CityTV is producing some fantastic stuff at the moment. Watching Khaldoon praise Nasri
in front of Wenger (at 4.50mins) - "This guy is a champion" - was a real delight. Some of the
recent behind-the-scenes videos have thrown up fascinating insights into the new regime, which
I'll be highlighting later in the week.
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Sat 28 Dec (3.00pm) Home v Crystal Palace
How City took the piss out of Tunnel Cam
The disappearance of the Tunnel Cam v Arsenal from the official website on Saturday night prompted
some speculation over the weekend.
My first thought was that maybe someone objected to the bodyguards around Khaldoon being
filmed, or to the details of Khaldoon's hilarious conversation with Wenger being recorded.
The video re-appeared a day later, with four seconds of coverage mysteriously missing. However,
proving that very little disappears from the internet for good, a Bluemoon poster called TCIB solved
the mystery after archiving the original video here.
And the reason for the re-edit? On 12.37mins of the original video an Arsenal player loudly declares:
"It stinks of piss".
- CityTV is producing some fantastic stuff at the moment. Watching Khaldoon praise Nasri
in front of Wenger (at 4.50mins) - "This guy is a champion" - was a real delight. Some of the
recent behind-the-scenes videos have thrown up fascinating insights into the new regime, which
I'll be highlighting later in the week.
Order A Man's Game in time for Christmas
My new book, A Man's Game: The Birth of Mancunian Football and the Origins of Manchester
City FC (Books & Doxey), is still available in time for Christmas.
The 218-page paperback took me three years to research and two more to write and I'm pleased to say
I'm getting very positive feedback so far. You can read some of the reviews lower down the page.
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