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De Bruyne in advanced role as Man United deploy midfield diamond for derby

12 December 2020 1330 comments
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Pep Guardiola has afforded Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) an advanced role once again as Manchester City travel to Old Trafford.

The Belgian has been operating as a number 10 increasingly often this season having previously only played in that position in the big games.

And they don’t come too much bigger than a city derby for Guardiola’s men, so De Bruyne’s 24.5% ownership will be relishing his advanced runs tonight.

He features at the centre of an attacking midfield trio in support of Gabriel Jesus (£9.3m), flanked by Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m), who enjoyed a disparity of fortunes against Fulham.

Elsewhere, it is a third consecutive Premier League start for John Stones (£4.8m) at the heart of City’s defence, while João Cancelo (£5.5m) retains a berth, switching to the left-hand side, pushing Benjamin Mendy (£5.9m) to the bench and allowing Kyle Walker (£6.2m) back into the side.

Meanwhile, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appears to have tweaked his Manchester United outfit with respect to the opposition, changing his favoured 4-2-3-1 system into a midfield diamond shape.

Fred (£5.3m), Paul Pogba (£7.7m) and Scott McTominay (£4.9m) are all included in the line-up behind Bruno Fernandes (£10.9m) in support of Marcus Rashford (£9.4m) and Mason Greenwood‘s (£7.1m) two-man strike pairing.

Anthony Martial (£8.7m) is still an option though, named on the bench alongside Alex Telles (£5.5m).

Manchester United XI (4-1-2-1-2): De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka; McTominay; Pogba, Fred; B Fernandes; Rashford, Greenwood.

Manchester City XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Walker; Fernandinho, Rodrigo; Sterling, De Bruyne, Mahrez; Jesus.

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  1. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Mahrez keep creating but no points

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    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Scenes if he gets bonus without a return again

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  2. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Would like Mahrez to make up for the 19 points I lost by buying and captaining him last week.

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

      I made the same mistake, punished if we try anything different. Shipped him straight out for KDB

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    2. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Did you sell Thong Son?

      I made the same mistake but not for Mahrez

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      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Sold Sterling, and changed captain from Kevin to Mahrez...

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  3. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bemba, my guy. I wanna hear a “OMG Fernandes”

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    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      *OG Fernandes

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        That was good

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  4. ivantys
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    United passing their way out of trouble

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  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    That was some move

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  6. DAZZ
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Jesus is not a name that strikes fear into opposition defences, like KDB, or Aguero used too. I think we’ll see City spend big on a forward next summer.

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    1. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He makes the others around him better with his movement and pressing. There’s a reason Sterling and Mahrez perform so much better when he’s playing compared to Aguero.

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      1. DAZZ
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Agreed. But man city have dominated for years because they had a deadly out and out finisher (which jesus is not) it’s no coincidence that City have struggled for a while now without Kun.

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        1. JONALDINHO
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          I think they’d be better off with a clinical winger like Son playing instead of Sterling

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    2. THFC4LIFE
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      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Haaland could be the man

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      1. DAZZ
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah that isnt a bad shout uno.

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    3. Del Monte
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Agreed. Martinez, Haaland or Mbappe.

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  7. Freshy
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    • 15 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone have the kahunas to bring in Stones?
    4.8 for City D

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    1. Vazza
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Pep will know as soon as we all bring him in and bench him the following week

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    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Thinking same, have cancelo
      Stones good price for city def
      Laporte lost his place? Not getting much game time now

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  8. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Poor Pogba

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  9. Vazza
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Man City need to do a rebuilding job next summer.

    They haven’t looked the same since the departure of Kompany, Silva and now potentially Aguero

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    1. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sane too

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    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Haalamd rumours

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    3. TOLV TUMS
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      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      There's not a "direct" option for city at the moment - having aguero back will be huge

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  10. DAZZ
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    “Would have been one of the great PL goals” steady martin. Jeez

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  11. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Some nice corners from Shaw.

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

    Are my eyes deceiving me? AWB was playing one touch football well. Wtf.

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      lol

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  13. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    If u replaced sterling with a championship player nobody would notice

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    1. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Same for Jesus

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  14. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    What if MCI had:

    (1) DCL
    (2) Bamford
    (3) Ings

    EPL teams are quite prejudiced over English forwards and favor even marginal Brazilians like Jesus, Richarlison, Joelinton, or the dude that Villa bought for 25M

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  15. Pacer.
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sterling is a great bunch of lads bless him but he really is a slightly better shaun wright phillips

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    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      poor man Redmon 😉

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    2. Party time
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Nathan Dyer imo

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    3. Grounderz
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Great passing there from Man Utd.

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    4. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      How does DCL have a delta of just 60k at 60% ownership? lol

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      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        What exactly does Delta mean? Net transfers?

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        1. ☈☾
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah

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        2. Pacer.
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Delta is usually change so yeah net + or -

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          1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Over the course of the season or for the current week?

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      2. Iwantmorepointsthanks
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        rigged

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      3. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        0.9m over start price a bigger factor.

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    5. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      The Newcastle game was better than this

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      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Newcastle gamenthe best game of the gw

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    6. Gobigorgohome
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      United better team so far

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    7. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Is KDB worth a -4 for next GW

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      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah if you captain

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      2. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Deoends on whos leaving

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      3. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No KDB not worth that, hes too expensive as it is. Better value to be had elsewhere.

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

          Said literally nobody, ever.

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          1. FPL_Motty
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Well said - Lol

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          2. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Literally he just did.

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

              I like to think it wasn’t said 😉

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              1. Royal5
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                🙂

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          3. Hughes Your Daddy
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Haha yeah I know and sorry to state the obvious. He's the 10th placed midfielder on points and costing 11.8m

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

              Think it’s just that it’s City and on penalties, and just generally up there as the most attacking team, plus it’s KDB after all, very proven and can switch it on in an instant.

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              1. Hughes Your Daddy
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                I understand, love KDB and always had him previous seasons, just not getting that feeling with this Man City side this season. Just seems to be better options price to performance wise right now.

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      4. GOTHAM City F.C.
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks, if he doesn't score today I'll probably not rush in.

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    8. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      This game gunna end 0-0

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      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        As a KDB and Cancelo owner, I'll take that tbh

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    9. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Poor from mahrez

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    10. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      This is dire.

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    11. Gobigorgohome
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mahrez should score

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    12. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      How about:

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      1. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        ...a KdB blank and yc?

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      2. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        ...a Bruno hattrick?

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    13. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      KDB +BPS -BPS

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      1. Gobigorgohome
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        this

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    14. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mahrez is gash

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    15. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mahrez & KDB miss

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    16. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mahrez should score

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    17. Hattrick Harry
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mahrez so bad, can’t score a sitter

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