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De Bruyne and Sterling start as Mahrez falls foul of Pep Roulette

15 December 2020 1975 comments
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Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m) is the latest Manchester City to suffer from Pep Guardiola’s rotation policy.

The Algerian winger finds himself on the bench for the Gameweek 13 meeting with West Bromwich Albion as Phil Foden (£6.4m) is stationed on the left-hand side of attacking midfield.

Captain favourite Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) retains his starting berth in a more advanced number 10 role, Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) completing the trio in support of Gabriel Jesus (£9.3m).

But Mahrez is not the only notable absentee as John Stones (£4.8m) is omitted from the matchday squad entirely despite completing 90 minutes in each of the last three Premier League games.

That development certainly strengthens the case for Ruben Dias (£5.6m) whose start against West Bromwich Albion is his 10th consecutive one in the Premier League.

Guardiola continues to tweak his full-backs, sending João Cancelo (£5.5m) back to right-back for his third start on the bounce, benching Kyle Walker (£6.2m) and bringing Benjamin Mendy (£5.9m) back on the left.

West Bromwich Albion line-up with a 4-2-3-1 shape, dropping Branislav Ivanovic (£4.5m) to the bench and going with a back-four of Kieran Gibbs (£4.3m), Dara O’Shea (£4.3m), Semi Ajayi (£4.8m) and Darnell Furlong (£4.5m).

Manchester City XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; B Mendy, Aké, Dias, Cancelo; Rodri, Gündogan; Foden, De Bruyne, Sterling; Jesus.

West Bromwich Albion XI (4-2-3-1): Johnstone; Gibbs, O’Shea, Ajayi, Furlong; Livermore, Sawyers; Diangana, Gallagher, M Phillips; Grant.

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  1. drughi
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    salah>KDB (C) went well, I fully deserve it though only looking at fixture

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    1. Balls of Steel
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Same as that and probably a few more too 🙁

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    2. Niho992
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      same

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  2. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Southampton could be top of the league this time tomorrow

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

      When will the world's best defender claim his stake?

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

    Unless VAR pull out the little lines and angles you have to give the benefit of the doubt to the player shooting right. Right!

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
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      Not necessarily

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    2. Tempestic
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      U can tell thats going wide tho

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

        Your not allowing for the whip he put on it with the outside of his boot though 😉

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  4. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who will be ditched at half time? Bet he makes Foden the scape goat...
    Fraud, go back to where you came from

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

      Rodri, pure pants.

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      1. Jersey Boy
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        So poor isn’t he

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    2. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Foden's been anonymous tbf. Mahrez on is the obvious move.

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    3. ilikewud
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      What are you talking about

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  5. Podge
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    They’ll surely bring on KDB now

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

      would love to see him

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

    Absolutely nowhere to hide for Dias owners

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    1. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
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      XD

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  7. Steve The Spud
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    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Kdb and Mendy > mcarthy and salah done

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  8. Parsnips
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ffs cancelo yellow card now

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  9. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    WHY IS IT NOT AN OWN GOAL? Guys we n eed to all email FPL this is like the Salah assist that was never given. This is making me sick.

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    1. Ron_Swanson
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      relax bro

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    2. BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      this. email being written as we speak

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    3. Bram
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      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      FPL do not decide the goalscorer Goal/Own Goal - The Press Association so.

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

      Haha u r jks

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  10. Ron_Swanson
    • 15 Years
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    Cancelo yellow

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    1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
      • 8 Years
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      When?

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

    Cancelo YC 🙂

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  12. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
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    Own goal given

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  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
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    dias og confirmed

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  14. david31058
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    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Plenty of time left yet, knee-jerkers

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

    Chucky is STUNNED

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  16. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    People speak too soon, I had a Bruno captain haul in the 100th minute in GW3.

    Sometimes you just need to be patient, otherwise if you’re gonna sit crying if your cap hasn’t scored by half time, just go for a walk or something.

    It’s not like Bruno Fernandes will do anything in the first half either as Man Un*ted are garbage in the first 45.

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  17. fedolefan
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    Cancyellow

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  18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    cancelo yellow

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    1. KGFC
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Didn't see it

      Do you want that or it actually happened??

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      1. Bram
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        • 16 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        "Joao Cancelo received a yellow card for dissent as the players left the field."

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  19. MOZIL
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    5 years, 4 months ago

    i think pep rotates his team too much, no chemistry at all

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  20. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Cancyello

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  21. CRO KLOPP
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Don't have Dias,no one in my mini league owns him,but that's an OG

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  22. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Double deflections always seem to sway towards OG in this game.

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    1. CRO KLOPP
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      His shot was going towards corner flag

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  23. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
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    When did this yellow happen???

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

      John Stones would never have let it happen.

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  24. DRIZ ✅
    • 14 Years
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    Dias Own Goal confirmed?

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    1. Duke Silver ☑
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      Yeah confirmed.

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    2. Tempestic
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      confirmed

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  25. Oggle22
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Can't wait for KDB to score and everyone change there tune laughable!

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  26. ilikewud
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who would have guessed that bringing in Stones and him being benched was actually the transfer to be made.

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  27. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Officially given as Dias OG

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  28. Tempestic
    • 7 Years
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    Given as OG

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  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    that was one terrible shot by ajayi by the way

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    1. Tempestic
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Ahahha for real

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  30. MagicMessi
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Dias Own goal acded

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    1. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
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      Added*

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