Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Christmas Eve.
Phillips returns 'overweight' from World Cup
Pep Guardiola has criticised Kalvin Phillips for returning from the World Cup "overweight" and said the £45million midfielder isn't in a good enough condition to even train with Manchester City at the moment.
Guardiola said his discussion with Phillips would remain private but the England midfielder didn't train with City on Wednesday, when the four other players who had been away with the Three Lions returned to the Etihad Campus.
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Phillips wasn't in the squad to face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Thursday and Guardiola has revealed that the shape he has returned from Qatar in is keeping him out of the picture at the moment.
Read more on Phillips' condition here.
Richards makes Nunez claim
Micah Richards believes Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez would fit right in at Manchester City, despite his woes in front of goal on Thursday night.
City booked a place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with a thrilling 3-2 win against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium but had Nunez's finishing been more accurate the scoreline could have been different.
The Uruguayan striker - who Liverpool signed from Benfica for £85million in the summer - wasted a host of chances before and after half-time. Three of them were one-on-one opportunities but on each occasion the 23-year-old dragged his effort wide of the far post.
Read more on Richards' Nunez thoughts here.
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