Manchester City have handed Nico O'Reilly and James McAtee starts in today’s Community Shield match against Manchester United.
Pep Guardiola is without Euro 2024 finalists Rodri, John Stones, Phil Foden and Kyle Walker, who will not begin their pre-season training until next week and so will sit out the season’s curtain-raiser.
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Pep Guardiola welcomed a number of internationals who featured in summer tournaments in recent days and has decided to limit how many minutes they get before the Premier League kicks off at Chelsea a week on Sunday.
Jeremy Doku, Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanji all start but Bernardo Silva, Nathan Ake and Kevin De Bruyne are on the bench alongside new signing Savinho.
Man City have overcome a handful of injury issues during the summer after Ederson, Erling Haaland and Rico Lewis suffered minor issues on the tour of the USA. They all start at Wembley.
Jack Grealish misses out due to a late injury blow.
Man City XI: Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Kovacic, O’Reilly, McAtee; Bobb, Haaland, Doku
Subs: Ortega, Carson, Phillips, Ake, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Savinho, Nunes, Kabore
Unavailable: Walker, Stones, Foden, Rodri
Time and date: 3pm BST, Saturday August 10, 2024
Venue: Wembley
