A slow start but a good half in the end. Lovely goals from Phil and Erling. Good contributions from Doku but Savinho has had a very good half. Keep it tight now and it will be a very good start to the League phase.

Good line up

C/Mon Cityyyy

CITY XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Stones, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Nico, Reijnders, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Haaland (C)

Subs: Trafford, Bettinelli, Dias, Ake, Marmoush, Cherki, Bernardo, Ait-Nouri, Khusanov, Bobb, Lewis

Reindeer back in for Cherki. Stones in for Dias. Savinho in for Bernie.

Match day has arrived with the world media predicting Arsenal winning the league and CL

In Pep we trust

City to win 3-1.

Omar would score goals if Erling got injured. Not to the same extent but he is a decent goalscorer. It is not that long since we won the league without a striker. But when Erling is fit, it makes sense to play to him. I am pleased that we do seem to be doing that more this season. We are finally seeing him fully unleashed.

Jesus,  that's a rare stat

The red media now saying we are a one man team

Boiling piss

A good game, we should have scored more. We can't rely on Haaland to do it all. Others need to step up and score more regularly.

Did anyone realize that the Burnley defender who scored 2 own goals against City is City's second highest scorer in the PL this season? For me, that is a concern.