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Sane joins Sterling and Aguero in the City attack at Turf Moor

The penultimate match of Gameweek 36 takes place at Turf Moor as Manchester City aim to extend their 11-match winning run and return to the top of the Premier League table.

Kick-off in Lancashire is at 14:05 BST.

There are no huge shocks in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI, with Fernandinho not recovering from the knee problem he picked up in midweek.

Bernardo Silva has thus dropped back into central midfield alongside David Silva and anchor Ilkay Gundogan, so Leroy Sane is handed a start on the left flank.

Raheem Sterling moves over to the right wing, with Sergio Aguero leading the line once more.

City’s back four is unchanged.

Sean Dyche has named the same starting XI for the fourth game in succession, with Phil Bardsley still not having recovered from a gashed leg.

The Burnley manager has resisted the urge to pack his midfield and defence for the visit of the reigning champions, pairing Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes in attack for the 17th league match in a row.

Outside of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, Aguero and Sterling were the two most-popular Triple Captain choices of Gameweek 36: 14,542 managers backed the Argetinean striker, with 8,997 deploying the chip on Sterling.

Bernardo was the second-most-bought FPL player of Gameweek 36, having been transferred in by 146,541 Fantasy bosses.

Aguero and Aymeric Laporte were also bought by over 100,000 FPL managers this week.

Burnley XI: Heaton, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, Wood, Barnes.

Subs: Hart, Gudmundsson, Gibson, Ward, Vydra, Long, Driscoll-Glennon.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Bernardo, Silva, Sterling, Sane, Aguero.

Subs: Muric, Danilo, Stones, Mahrez, Otamendi, Jesus, Foden.

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  1. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Burnley should be ashamed playing like this

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Multiple city attackers?

      1. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        This

    2. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Like what?

    3. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Why? They're doing their best against a really wonderful side.

    4. Srv210
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      it's a battle for PL survival for them...by hook or crook

    5. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Disagree. Being defensive, long ball etc are perfectly legitimate tactics.

      But the time wasting and deliberate fouling needs to be more harshly punished by refs IMO.

    6. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Making the Prem the most honest and creditable in the world

    7. Sif
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Would you have told the Vietnamese to fight America on a battlefield or head into to the jungle and make it hard as f**k.

      Guerrilla football v disproportionate resources mate.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Nope

      2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Good analogy 🙂

      3. JustPark
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        Some analogy there lol

  2. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Heaton TC’ers unite!

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    City looking nervous. Looks like it's Liverpool's title after all. What a title race it was

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      ‘Was’ 😆

      1. Mysterion
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 12 months ago

        😀

    2. Sif
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Careful make, keep it less obvious. Ease back a little.

    3. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Burnley 0 Man City 1

      You were saying?

    4. STEP rOVERS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Hahahaha

  4. Mysterion
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Never seen so many jinx-ers in one place before 😛

    1. Srv210
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      what i was thinking

  5. Yoshioka
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    How any Liverpool jinxes are active? I’ve lost count.

  6. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Avengers last night, Game of Thrones tonight.

    Oh boy

    1. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      more casualties than rage transfers after an unsuccessful FPL DGW with BB

  7. Perthite
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Slight chuckle at all the people attempting to jinx Liverpool stm.

    1. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      *atm

  8. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Wolves last game of the season has bottlejob written all over it

    1. drughi
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      more worried about Newcastle away

  9. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Jesus coming on

    1. Yoshioka
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      The headlines are writing themselves...

    2. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      For Aguero?

  10. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Has Heaton exceeded Leno save points yet?

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Pep getting desperate bringing on jesus

  12. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Good venues to celebrate our title win?

    Thinking The Cavern?

    1. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Enough 😛

  13. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    The countdown is well and truly on. Liverpool 30 mins from the title.

  14. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Jesus coming on, I reckon Sane off

  15. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Come on now. Need at least 20pts from Aguero, Sterling and Laporte to catch ML leader. 20 from each would be nice.

    1. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      2 each would be nice

  16. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Aguero goal... wtf?

  17. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Aguero G

  18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    That wasn't in???

  19. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    GET IN!!!!!!

  20. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Kun.. fook!

  21. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Aguero goal 😀

  22. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    KUN!!!

  23. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Scenes!

  24. STEP rOVERS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Scouse killer - yaaaaaay

  25. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Aguerrrrooooooooooo

    Liverpool fans in tears

  26. Richd
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Agueroooooooooooo

    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Never in doubt. Two more goals to come now.

  27. Rash
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Liverpool fans put the corks back in the bottles.

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      Put the bottles back on the shelf maybe.

    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 12 months ago

      😆

  28. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    That was close.

  29. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    🙁

    Title over 😥

  30. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 12 months ago

    Oh ****.

    And I have Kun.