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Sterling and Cancelo survive Man City rotation as Foden and Walker miss out

Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) and João Cancelo (£5.5m) have made surprise appearances in the Manchester City starting XI for Gameweek 11.

The two players missed out on the win over Burnley last time out and featured extensively in midweek Champions League action.

That had convinced many that the pair would be benched in the following Premier League game but they both start against Fulham.

Sterling plays on the left-hand side of an attacking midfield trio, joined there by Kevin De Bruyne (£11.7m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m) while Cancelo is preferred to Kyle Walker (£6.2m) at right-back, rather than left, which sees Benjamin Mendy (£5.9m) make a second Premier League start in a row.

Pep Guardiola has been previously known to favour a rotation policy where players miss the first match of a three-game week and play the second two in succession, even if they are close together.

Ferran Torres (£6.9m) and Walker had recently strung together consecutive Premier League starts but neither one features in the first XI today.

The former is on the bench, while Walker is not in the squad at all, although Guardiola has reported that he is not injured. That’s about as classic Pep as we’re ever going to get.

Gabriel Jesus (£9.4m) leads the Manchester City attacking line while De Bruyne appears to be in a number 10 role rather than a member of a central midfield trio.

Meanwhile, Fulham are unchanged from the side that won 2-1 at Leicester, which sees Ivan Cavaleiro (£5.3m) act as a lone centre-forward, Ademola Lookman (£5.0m) and Bobby De Cordova-Reid (£5.3m) providing the width either side of Ruben Loftus-Cheek (£5.9m).

For the second Gameweek in a row, Tom Cairney (£5.3m) and Aleksandar Mitrović (£5.6m) are named on the bench.

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

Fulham XI (4-2-3-1): Areola; A Robinson, Andersen, Adarabioyo, Aina; Zambo Anguissa, Reed; Lookman, Loftus-Cheek, De Cordova-Reid; Cavaleiro.

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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    kdb assist

  2. CRO KLOPP
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KDB A

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

    Goal raz

  4. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Raz G
    KDB A

  5. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    And breathe

  6. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KDB JUHUU

  7. Huddersfield
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KDB yes

  8. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling G KDB A I think

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

    Cancelo>James for a hit is not going well

  10. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KDB!!!!

  11. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    WE WANT MORE.

  12. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Time for a mauling

  13. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KDB assist yesss

  14. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    And it begins..........

  15. sambyy
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    YEEES Kdb(C) + Sterling

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Nice

  16. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KdB assist

  17. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KDB A, yes!

  18. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Lovely

  19. Babit1967
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Get in Raz

  20. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    The Sterling/KDB show begins...

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

    Sterling (c) owners deserve this

  22. Salan
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Party begins.

  23. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    10 is on here.

  24. djoker_nole
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    We want 10

  25. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    lol sterling ownship only 4%....

    1. The Sociologist
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      They deserve every single point IMO

  26. Ode
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling 20pointer incoming

  27. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    This is going to be an avalanche

  28. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling goal, KDB assist, Laterizer wins

  29. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Damn, no way Raheem

  30. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KDB assist already. Come on Kev get a mega haul!