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Who: Manchester City vs Manchester United
What: English Premier League
Where: Etihad Stadium, Manchester, United Kingdom
When: Sunday, September 14 astatine 4:30pm (15:30 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll person each the build-up connected Al Jazeera Sport from 1:30pm (12:30 GMT) successful beforehand of our unrecorded substance commentary stream.
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Manchester City and Manchester United person spent fortunes connected immoderate of the world’s champion attacking players, and yet, Sunday’s derby volition spotlight their goalkeepers.
City secured Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain, and United landed Belgium planetary Senne Lammens connected transfer deadline day to lick problems successful their lineups.
Even though United confirmed connected Friday that Lammens would not beryllium starting successful goal, each the absorption volition beryllium connected those attempting to halt the goals alternatively than people them.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a look astatine the latest Manchester derby, and this time, 1 with a twist.
What person Man City said astir Donnarumma?
City manager Pep Guardiola says helium is consenting to accommodate the team’s attack pursuing the signing of Donnarumma and volition not expect the Italian to connection the aforesaid ball-playing abilities arsenic the departed Ederson Moraes.
Ederson, who ended his trophy-laden eight-year spell astatine City by joining Fenerbahce past week, revolutionised the goalkeeper presumption successful English shot with his organisation and method skills.
That made him a cleanable acceptable for Guardiola’s benignant of play, but the aforesaid cannot beryllium said of Donnarumma, a superb shot-stopper whose spot isn’t passing the shot retired from the back.
Donnarumma is successful contention to marque his debut for City against United pursuing his determination from Paris Saint-Germain, though Guardiola wouldn’t corroborate whether the Italy planetary volition start.
“Always, I effort to accommodate to the prime of the players,” Guardiola said Friday. “I volition not request Gigi bash thing that is uncomfortable.
“We are talking astir the champion subordinate I person ever seen successful the distribution, abbreviated oregon long, with Ederson. We didn’t instrumentality Gigi to bash what Ederson has done. Gigi has different quality.”
Guardiola said helium wasn’t trying to “undermine” Donnarumma by pointing retired Ederson’s qualities and spoke glowingly astir his caller signing’s strengths.
“He’s truthful tall. He’s truthful huge,” Guardiola said with a smile, adding: “He’s a large beingness connected the large stages.
“What helium has done successful the Champions League past play astatine Villa Park, Anfield, galore games, proves however bully helium is.”
Guardiola said helium met Donnarumma for the archetypal clip connected Wednesday but didn’t spot him bid connected Thursday.
“We’ll see,” Guardiola said erstwhile asked if Donnarumma volition travel successful for James Trafford, who has started City’s archetypal 3 games successful the Premier League – a triumph astatine Wolverhampton earlier back-to-back losses to Tottenham and Brighton.
Italy’s Gianluigi Donnarumma celebrates aft the World Cup qualifier against Estonia connected September 5 [Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters]What person Man Utd said astir Bayindir and Lammens?
Altay Bayindir volition proceed successful extremity for United successful the derby lucifer contempt the signing of Belgium planetary Lammens.
The goalkeeper presumption has been problematic for United manager Ruben Amorim, who sent past year’s first-choice, Andre Onana, connected indebtedness to Turkish nine Trabzonspor connected Thursday.
Bayindir has made immoderate high-profile errors, peculiarly from balls into the box, connected the occasions helium replaced Onana, but retains the religion of Amorim aft Lammens – an unheralded 23-year-old from Belgium – was brought successful from Royal Antwerp connected September 1.
“Altay is going to continue,” Amorim said connected Friday. “Because it’s a antithetic league, it’s a antithetic country, antithetic trainings, antithetic ball. So we volition effort to support that.
“They volition combat for the position. For this game, it’s wide Altay volition start.”
Lammens is mostly chartless extracurricular his autochthonal country, and Amorim said helium is simply a goalkeeper with “great potential”.
“I cognize that we are successful the infinitesimal that the goalkeeper has to beryllium truly beardown and person a batch of experience,” helium said, “but we are besides successful the infinitesimal that we person to look astatine the contiguous and besides with a absorption connected the future.”
Lammens, Amorim added, is simply a keeper who tin “give america antithetic things” and tin beryllium United’s archetypal prime “for a batch of years.”
On the departure of Onana, Amorim added: “In this club, the unit is sometimes truthful hard successful each detail. Sometimes you request a change.”
Manchester United’s goalkeeper Altay Bayindir has taken implicit arsenic first-choice astatine Old Trafford this play [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]What are Man City and Man Utd’s forms similar up of the derby?
The Manchester derby astatine Etihad Stadium already feels similar a must-win for some teams.
City, whose four-year rubric reign ended past season, is playing catch-up aft lone 3 games (1-2). Back-to-back defeats to Tottenham and Brighton person highlighted concerns that Guardiola’s squad is not equipped to equine a situation astatine the top.
United lost their opening time brushwood with Arsenal and drew their 2nd match, distant astatine Fulham. The entirety of the Gunners’ travel to Old Trafford and the archetypal fractional successful London appeared to beryllium immense improvements from Amorim’s side, playing his much-debated 3-4-3 formation.
The 2nd fractional against Fulham was underwhelming, however, arsenic was the 3-2 triumph against Burnley, which needed a 97th-minute punishment from Bruno Fernandes to seal the points.
Prior to that match, United were dumped retired of the League Cup connected penalties astatine fourth-tier Grimsby Town.
What happened the past clip Man City played Man Utd?
The teams past met astatine Old Trafford successful a Premier League clash connected April 6. With United destined for a bottom-half decorativeness and City’s rubric defence agelong over, the crippled resulted successful a drab 0-0 draw.
What happened successful the aforesaid fixture betwixt City and Utd past season?
The lucifer astatine the Etihad Stadium past play ended successful a singular 2-1 triumph for United. The lucifer was played connected December 15, little than a period aft Eric 10 Hag was sacked, and appeared to beryllium heading to different decision for United with City starring done Josko Gvardiol’s first-half strike. Fernandes scored an 88th-minute punishment to level the match, earlier Amad Diallo netted a 90th-minute winner.
Head-to-head
This is the 196th Manchester derby, of which United person won 79 matches compared with City’s 61 victories.
City person not won successful the past 4 matches against United, though the Community Shield gathering astatine the commencement of past play saw City assistance the trophy aft coming retired connected apical connected penalties.
The FA Cup last the play earlier was won by United and ended a three-game losing streak against City.
Manchester City squad news
Striker Omar Marmoush volition miss Sunday’s crippled against United aft helium wounded his genu connected planetary work with Egypt.
Marmoush went disconnected injured aboriginal successful his country’s World Cup qualifying crippled against Burkina Faso connected Tuesday.
“Initial results connected a scan performed successful Egypt bespeak helium volition not beryllium disposable for the Manchester derby connected Sunday, and helium volition present instrumentality to Manchester for much appraisal and to statesman his rehabilitation,” Manchester City said Wednesday successful a statement. “Everyone astatine City wishes Omar a speedy recovery.”
The 26-year-old guardant joins a lengthy wounded database astatine City, with John Stones and Phil Foden among respective players who missed planetary games.
City didn’t specify however soon Marmoush mightiness return. City starts its Champions League run against Napoli connected September 18.
Egypt’s crippled was a 0-0 draw, which meant Egypt has to hold to corroborate its spot astatine adjacent year’s World Cup.
Manchester Utd squad news
Matheus Cunha, Diogo Dalot and Mason Mount are each retired of Sunday’s match.
Amorim said helium “doesn’t know” however agelong the trio volition beryllium unavailable.
Given Cunha’s lack successful attack, Benjamin Sesko is successful enactment for his archetypal Premier League commencement pursuing his big-money determination from RB Leipzig.
Manchester City predicted starting lineup
Donnarumma; Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Ake, O’Reilly; Bernardo, Rodri, Reijnders; Bobb, Haaland, Doku
Manchester United predicted starting lineup
Bayindir; Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw; Mazraoui, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dorgu; Mbeumo, Sesko, Amad
Man City past 5 matches
W-L-W-L-L (all competitions, past effect connected the right)
Man Utd past 5 matches
W-L-D-D-W
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