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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. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Another goal from City without KDB (C) involvment will see him come out at 60 + double chelsea defence + Werner

    RIP

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    1. Hazz
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      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah I'm not optimistic. Have Bruno at the very least, but no way I'm going to be able to climb up the ranks lol.

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

      Same here, absolute joke, think I’ll give up, zero point to the game anyway

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      1. Arctic monkeys
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Hope I could just give up for real, this game is messing with me

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    3. Baps Hunter
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      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      C KdB, triple Che def, Podence on bench here.

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      1. Arctic monkeys
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Replies like this that keep us going

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      2. El Presidente
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I have also Podence on the bench
        ....

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    4. zdrojo187
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Double CHE defence + Mahrez(C)...

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

    Pep forgot the key.

    No flood today.

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  3. Nanoelektronicar
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    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sold Sterling last week, kept the CDM.

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  4. Fudgy
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    KDB looks fed up

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

      How does someone look fed up

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      1. Fudgy
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        His facial expressions? His posture?

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        1. Steve The Spud
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          Fair points tbf

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      2. Dirty Harry
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Fudgy used to seeing us users fed up at his posts all the time

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  5. gooberman
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling haul coming.

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

    People getting too worked up over KDB(c) vs Fernandes(c).

    This GW, both have under 100% EO. It is one of those few GWs, where if you own both of the two highest (c) players you can actually cheer them both knowing your rank improves.

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  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    get out of my team kdb

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  8. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Damn this game to hell!

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    1. Baps Hunter
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      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      FPL or MCI-WBA? Or does it actually matter?!?

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

    Dias Goal and Kdb assist would be lovely. All I would want from the game.

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

      Cancelo assist and KDB goal for me

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

    Mendy and Sterling are using the same 4 year old to do their hair.

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    1. Red Red Robins
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      hahaha

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  11. Red Red Robins
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Neto had a blinder, but too hard to choose between Podence and Neto.
    Leaning towards Podence at 0.3 cheaper, thoughts?

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    1. FPL Scoop
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Neither. Don’t do it. Frustrating to own as someone who had Podence from GW3 til now

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      1. Red Red Robins
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        Had Podence but was too annoying

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

      Both boys play hard and with desire. Impressive.

      Neto seems legit

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      1. Red Red Robins
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        think wing backs helps them a lot, they can come inside a lot

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  12. sozopol
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    OK Pep get KDB off at halftime, no need to risk injury. West Brom will never score

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    1. Red Red Robins
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      Im hoping

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  13. have you seen cyan
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    Gundogan? What kind of sick joke is this

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  14. Rainer
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    Cancelo sold Martinez for Johnstone.

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  15. Nightcrawler
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    Lol get out of my team kdb. Disgraceful performance

    At least not the captain

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  16. Right In The Stanchion
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    https://twitter.com/trollfootball/status/1338936760793845761?s=21

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  17. Gudjohnsen
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    WBA main objective not to concede more goals

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  18. ivantys
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pep finally playing his best team with Foden on the pitch

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    1. Gudjohnsen
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      He's overrated imo

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  19. screamer73
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Guys, need some help. Best defender for 5.1m or under for the next 3-4 or more. Already have Lamptey by the way.

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    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
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      Vester

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    2. The Train Driver
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Dier

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  20. Rainer
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hello Kevin!

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  21. Gudjohnsen
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    KDB assisting the assister

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  22. Steve The Spud
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    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I’m just going to do kdb to salah and throw away the key

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    1. Call Me Old Fashioned
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      same been doing the hokey cokey

      now i can finally get rid of mitchell

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  23. JBG
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ugh... Kdb is such a annoying premium asset.

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

    Can someone call Tom Soyer,paint is dry ?

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

      *Sawyer

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  25. ☈☾
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    KDB creating a lot but all the players around him are wasteful

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  26. Chalobah's Witness
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Goodbye Kevin and Riyad!

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  27. HD7
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Kevin De Bruyne as a left wing back...
    Is this the new masterpiece of Guardiola?

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  28. Hazz
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    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    😐

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  29. have you seen cyan
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Foden fail, gw over, season in tatters

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  30. Niho992
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Rodri is most overrated player of all time. Easily.

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