city of manchester They will look to get back into title contention with a victory over manchester united at the Etihad Stadium this afternoon.
City comes into the game after a disastrous run that seems to see them fall to fifth place in the table, nine points behind the leader. Liverpool. So Pep Guardiola will look to reduce the gap to six points with a win in the Manchester derby today.
Ederson retains his place between the sticks for City, while Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol start in defence. Ilkay Gundogan also starts with Bernardo Silva.
Kevin de Bruyne will be Man City's creative force, while Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku are also starters. Phil Foden is in a position to support Erling Haaland in attack for the locals.
Man Utd are also in desperate need of a positive result as Ruben Amorim looks to bounce back from last weekend's 3-2 home defeat to Nottingham Forest. Andre Onana keeps his place in goal despite a bad mistake against Viktoria Plzen in midweek.
Matthijs de Ligt is accompanied by Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martínez in the United defense with Noussair Mazraoui and Diogo Dalot as the chosen full-backs. Manuel Ugarte and Bruno Fernandes start in Man Utd midfield with casemiro on the bench
Amad Diallo and Mason Mount start in the attacking midfield positions with Rasmus Hojlund leading the forward line-up which means Joshua Zirkzee has to settle for a place among the reserves. Mark Rashford and Garnacho are not included in the Man Utd squad.
Here are the confirmed lineups:
city man
Ederson, Walker, Dias, Gvardiol, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Nunes, Foden, Doku, Haaland
Substitutes: Ortega Moreno, Stones, Kovacic, Grealish, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, Mubama, O'Reilly, McAtee
Manchester United
Onana, Maguire, De Ligt, Martínez, Mazraoui, Ugarte, Fernandes, Dalot, Mount, Amad, Hojlund.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Yoro, Lindelof, Antony, Casemiro, Mainoo, Eriksen, Malacia, Zirkzee.
