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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. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Bruno locked

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  2. 1984 TC
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Poo

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  3. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    F off KdB

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  4. Pep Roulette
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Poor FK. Easy save.

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  5. It’s gonna Ben Mee
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    The importance of David Silva can’t be overestimated

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    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kompany, Silva, Fernandinho, Aguero not been replaced.

      Fernandinho and Aguero are past their best and Rodri and Jesus are not good replacements.

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  6. Liber
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    I have 1.6 ITB but surely KDB + DCL --> Son + Kane from next week on?

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  7. Capocannonieri
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    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Free kick... Here is the winner for Kevin and the 3 Bonus Points.

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    1. Pep Roulette
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Well..

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      1. Capocannonieri
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        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Johnstone did what De Gea and others would not have done. Save it.

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  8. Salah’s Sonnet
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    He was never gonna score, let’s face it, absolutely pathetic

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    1. Capocannonieri
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      Good kick, that was a bad wall. Entire corner given away.

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  9. McSauce
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    Great save!!! LETS GO

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  10. Paqueta Rice
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ward Prowse would have scored that

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    1. 1984 TC
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      And D Luiz

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  11. JJO
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hahha rival will match my KdB captain with Johnstone

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  12. Baines on Toast...
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Bowen, JWP, Neto all beating KDB.

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  13. Paul Psychic Octopus
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    This keeper Johnstone is good, isn't he.

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  14. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    First Fulham go crazy
    Now West Brom

    What’s going on?!!

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    1. diesel001
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      Winter is here.....

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  15. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling stopped diving in the box?

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

    Game is set up for Mahrez...

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  17. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    City need 2 more shots on target to score

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  18. FPL_Crisis
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Not like the community to overact to a poor performance
    Seems too many big hitters isn’t the way to go
    Maybe it’s simply Son + Salah c at home + Bruno c away

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  19. Gudjohnsen
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    KDB to JWP?

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  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    not the best from kdb

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Cheers for that

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  21. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    29 years old and a great amount of people calling him best midfielder in the world. Lol

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    1. CaptMidnight
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hahahahaha so funny.

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  22. The Yorkshire Pirlo
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Think I’m doing KDB to Bowen.

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  23. Niho992
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    Imagine not beating WBA lol

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

    11 months and counting for Kun.

    End of an era.

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  25. Big_Andy_GAWA
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Walker (c) fail. Didn't think Sterling would start, ffs.

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  26. aborg
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    Lessons learnt.

    Weak Teams are being successful at building a strong defense against the top teams. Look at Fulham and now WBA!
    I don’t think it’s good to rely on the big hitters against these teams anymore.
    Don’t count your hopes on Fernandes hauling against SHU because I see a similar fate. SHU will probably park the bus.

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    1. FantasyHero
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Shu playing at home against united.
      Don't think that will be anything like this

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    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
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      Nah. Just getting lucky / benefitting from big teams tiredness

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      1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
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        Yes. Very tired. Getting 200000 pounds and playing two games per week for a professional footballer is soooooo hard.

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  27. FantasyHero
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    City will win 2-1

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
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      Not happening

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  28. Pedram
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    wtf it's impossible to get captaincy right this season

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    1. TOPCAT1960
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Best just leave the armband on your preferred premium player and forget - you cannot be wrong all the time !

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  29. Paul Psychic Octopus
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    You reach the point where you don't want Mahrez to come on now, so you can get Bissouma's 2pts (or 1pt) off the bench.

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  30. Capocannonieri
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    Agueroooooo....No, he missed it.

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