Man City v Everton LIVE: Premier League workforce information and updates as De Bruyne is on the bench however Haaland begins

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou has warned any proposal to introduce blue playing cards and sin bins will destroy soccer.

It was revealed on Thursday {that a} trial might start quickly the place a blue card can be proven for dissent {and professional} fouls the place the offenders can be sin binned for 10 minutes.

However, Postecoglou was unequivocal in his perception it could be a flawed transfer.

Pep Guardiola made 4 adjustments from his City aspect that beat Brentford within the Premier League on Monday.

Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku are available in for Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva, with John Stones and Manuel Akanji changing Kyle Walker and Josko Gvardiol within the defence.

Here is the Everton workforce information as Sean Dyche names an unchanged workforce from the 2-2 draw in opposition to Tottenham.

Everton XI: Pickford, Godfrey, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Young, Gueye, Garner, McNeil, Harrison, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Joao Virginia, Patterson, Keane, Onana, Beto, Coleman, Chermiti, Hunt, Dobbin.

Here is the Manchester City squad:

XI | Ederson, Stones, Akanji, Dias (C), Ake, Rodrigo, Nunes, Foden, Alvarez, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Walker, Grealish, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Gvardiol, Bobb, Wright, Lewis

The workforce information will probably be arising shortly, will Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne each be beginning in opposition to Everton?

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has dismissed discuss of a repeat treble by saying he’s “99.99” per cent sure it won’t occur.

The champions are favourites to win a fourth Premier League title in succession and are additionally in robust rivalry to retain the Champions League and FA Cup.

Winning these trophies in back-to-back seasons can be unprecedented and due to this fact Guardiola, whose silverware haul up to now 12 months additionally contains the European Super Cup and Club World Cup, feels it’s unlikely.

As Girona look to drag off one of many greatest upsets in fashionable soccer historical past, it’s not simply these in Spain who will probably be eagerly watching to see if the membership can beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to the LaLiga title. One social gathering will probably be Manchester City. As each golf equipment are a part of the City Football Group, Girona successful LaLiga and even ending within the prime 4 in Spain might have important implications on subsequent season’s Champions League. If each Girona and Manchester City qualify, there’s a likelihood that solely considered one of them will probably be allowed to play, given Uefa guidelines round multi-club possession fashions.

Liverpool don’t play till 3pm on Saturday, and a win for Pep Guardiola’s aspect would see them transfer one level forward of their north west rivals.

Concerningly for Everton, City are unbeaten of their final 13 matches in opposition to the Toffees, a file stretching again to a 4-0 defeat at Goodison Park in January 2017.

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s reside protection of the Premier League’s early Saturday kick off between Manchester City and Everton.

A win would see Manchester City transfer prime of the desk, at the very least till Liverpool’s 3pm match in opposition to Burnley.

The champions can take over on the summit – for a number of hours at the very least – in the event that they beat the Toffees of their Saturday lunchtime encounter on the Etihad Stadium.

Yet after having difficulties in opposition to the Merseysiders up to now – Everton claimed a 1-1 attract Manchester final season – the City supervisor is taking nothing as a right.

Guardiola mentioned: “We need to proceed like we now have accomplished for a lot of years. I mentioned when our outcomes weren’t good that our stage was greater than respectable, we had been taking part in good.