Manchester City Visits Newcastle's Headquarters, Guardiola Lowers His Full Strength

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JAKARTA - Week 18 of the 2021/2022 English League scheduled Manchester City to visit Newcastle's headquarters. Ahead of the match on Sunday night at 21.00 WIB, Joseph Guardiola will lower his full strength.

This was revealed by Guardiola because according to him almost all the players are in good condition and can play. Only one of his men who were unable to appear, Ferran Torres.

"Only Ferran Torres has been out for a long time, and is the only (City) player who is not available for this match, the rest are all ready and well," Guardiola said in a statement quoted by Manchestereveningnews on Sunday, 19 December.

Regarding the readiness of his players, Guardiola emphasized that at the wing-back position there was Joao Cancelo who had returned from his sentence. There is also Kyle Walker who is already fit after the break due to injury.

Apart from those two names, Guardiola also still has Oleksandr Zinchenko who he can use to alternate with Walker as Cancelo's companion. Guardiola will also display the team's best central defender duo.

"But this season, City's best central defender duo is Ruben Dias-Aymeric Laporte. Both will continue to be played in the match," added the coach.

Apart from the information about the players, in the match Manchester City will be the underdog team to win at Saint James Park. This is because Guardiola's team has always achieved maximum results in the last seven matches which also made them entrenched at the top of the standings.

The opposite was actually experienced by Newcastle, the home team is believed to need a miracle to beat the visitors. This is because the Magpies have only won once in their last 18 matches in various competitions. The rest, Eddie Howe's squad even tasted 11 defeats and six draws.