Manchester City’s starting eleven have been named ahead of a Premier League battle against Leeds which could see this evening’s visitors move within two points of Arsenal.
The story today is the same as it was last weekend – Manchester City need to take all three points to keep the pressure on Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola led his team to victory last Saturday against Newcastle, but the Gunners responded with a 4-1 thrashing in the North London derby.
This means City must once again stand up and deliver, only this time they must do so in the midst of a raucous Elland Road atmosphere.
There is not long to go until this highly anticipated occasion and Guardiola has now named his mathchday squad.
Pep Guardiola makes one change to Man City’s starting XI
Guardiola has named a largely unchanged lineup from the one which faced Newcastle, with just one key absence to report.
Lining up in Leeds! 🫡🩵
— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 28, 2026
XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Guéhi, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo (C), O’Reilly, Semenyo, Cherki, Marmoush
SUBS | Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Doku, Nico, Savinho, Khusanov, Foden
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Erling Haaland has been left out of the Manchester City squad for reasons which are not yet known, but presumably the striker has suffered a last minute knock. Illness of course is another possibility.
In more positive news, Jeremy Doku has been named on the bench, as he returns from the injury he picked up in City’s Champions League victory over Galatasaray.
Man City’s matchday squad in full
25. Gianluigi Donnarumma
27. Matheus Nunes
3. Ruben Dias
15. Marc Guéhi
21. Rayan Ait-Nouri
16. Rodri
20. Bernardo Silva ©
33. Nico O’Reilly
42. Antoine Semenyo
10. Rayan Cherki
7. Omar Marmoush
SUBS | Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Doku, Nico, Savinho, Khusanov, Foden
