Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says his team “couldn’t handle the intensity” of the game as the injury-depleted defending champions suffer a 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth in the Premier League at the Vitality Stadium.

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Fighting in enemy territory will be nothing new to Ariane da Silva, who enters the cage Saturday night to battle Canada’s own Jasmine Jasudavicius at UFC Edmonton.

Da Silva reigned as the KSW flyweight champion before joining the UFC, and that included multiple trips to Poland to face European opponents. With nearly 30 MMA bouts under her belt, “Queen of Violence” welcomes the adversarial energy from the arena.

“I’ve had that experience before,” da Silva said in an interview with MMA Fighting, referring to her second-round knockout win over Katarzyna Lubonska in 2015. “My first international fight for KSW was against a Polish fighter in Poland. I really think Canadian fans will side with [Jasudavicius], but this is a fight. When the cage closes, it’s just the two of us and the referee in there. They can scream, but that won’t interfere the gameplan or what we do in there.”

“But what I really love is to fight in front of an audience,” she continued. “I think that’s what brings out the best of my game, way more than the APEX, for example, with a small and cold crowd. I think this is good for our strategy, to make the fight more exciting.”

Two of da Silva’s past four fights took place inside the UFC APEX, a 1-1 run with wins over JJ Aldrich and a recent defeat to Karine Siva, both via decision. When competing in front of nearly 20,000 fans at T-Mobile Arena during UFC 296, the Brazilian forced Casey O’Neill to tap in the second round with an armbar.

Da Silva scored 10 of her 17 MMA wins via finish, six of those by knockout, and said “I know my opponents fear my striking.”

“I know I have a high-level striking,” da Silva said. “My coach Renato trained at Chute Boxe in Curitiba with Rafael Cordeiro and they have a huge tradition in MMA, and I bring that in my DNA as an athlete. And I’m strong, too.”

Da Silva revealed she expected Jasudavicius to be her next opponent even before the UFC called with the offer, and she loves the match-up due to Jasudavicius’ aggressive style. The Canadian talent has never been finished as a professional, winning five of seven since joining the UFC, but “Queen of Violence” expects to change that this weekend.

“Casey O’Neill had never been submitted before aldo and I’m a striker, but I submitted her,” da Silva said. “I don’t limit myself. This is MMA and anything can happen. I’m aggressive, I have heavy hands, I have the technique, and I’m a finisher. I can end fights on the feet and on the ground, and that’s what I’m after. I’ll try to end this fight from the first round, but I’m also ready to go the distance if I have to.”

Formula 1’s latest technical controversy has erupted at the Brazilian Grand Prix amid suspicions that some teams have allegedly used water to cool their tyres from the inside.

With the fight for the championship between Red Bull and McLaren getting super close, there has been an increased probing between the two squads over elements of their cars.

McLaren came under fire for its mini-DRS rear wing, which the team had to alter in the wake of complaints about the concept being outside the rules.

Then more recently there was a row over Red Bull having a front bib adjuster inside its car that some of its rivals suspected could have been used to adjust ride height during parc ferme conditions.

Both matters brought intervention from the FIA, but neither squad was found to have done anything illegal.

Now, however, Motorsport.com has learned that attention has shifted to a trick that Red Bull suspects has been used by several of its rivals – believed to include McLaren – to help cool tyres during races.

The theory is that some teams have found a way to inject water – or another unspecified liquid – into the tyres through the valves shortly before tyres are fitted to the cars in the race.

Having such a coolant inside the tyre could help keep the bulk of the tyre cool to help limit thermal degradation, and ultimately help deliver better race pace.

It is understood that concern about the activity erupted after the Singapore Grand Prix when sources suggest some rims of teams were spotted with liquid inside them – something that is unusual.

That is because teams normally make an extra effort to try to remove all moisture from inside a tyre as that helps to ensure teams can hit perfect peak tyre pressure.

Indeed, F1’s technical regulations make a point of trying to limit the amount of moisture that teams can remove rather than add.

Article 10.8.4 states that: “Tyres may only be inflated with air or nitrogen” and “any process the intent of which is to reduce the amount of moisture in the tyre and/or in its inflation gas is forbidden.”

Motorsport.com has learned that the FIA has been alerted to the concerns about the activity, and its head of single-seater matters Nikolas Tombazis has been in dialogue with Pirelli and teams at the Brazilian GP to discuss the matter.

Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner talks with Nikolas Tombazis, FIA Single Seater Director

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Furthermore, it is understood that Tombazis kept a close eye over the removal of the tyres from their rims after the sprint race in Brazil to see if there was any evidence of unusual liquid there.

Although there has been no official comments from the FIA over the matter, it is understood that there is scepticism about whether or not teams would be trying to exploit matters in this area.

The FIA scrutineering report from the sprint race also confirmed that tyres were inspected, and given the all clear. It said: “The tyres used by all drivers during the Sprint today have been checked.”

It is understood that the idea of adding moisture to tyres has been outlawed for many years through a technical directive that the FIA issued previously, so anyone found to have been adding liquid in this manner could risk being reported to the stewards.

The race pace mystery

Red Bull has been hunting for answers as to why its race pace advantage over rivals disappeared this season – especially at the Miami GP where a number of other squads made a leap that could not be explained through upgrades.

Max Verstappen said ahead of the Brazilian GP that the long runs of rival teams are hard to fathom.

Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20

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“Some teams made huge steps on race pace, which is quite odd,” he explained. “Because if you look at our car compared to last year, we made steps in qualifying and in the race.

“The others also make a decent step in qualifying pace, but then they make a much, much bigger step in race pace. And that’s something that’s hard for us to understand.”

Team principal Christian Horner told Motorsport.com recently about the swing of form in Miami: “If one was a sceptic and somewhat paranoid, you say something’s changed. Because even when we’ve gone back to the configuration of the car that, for example, we had in China, we still have some of the same issues that we have experienced.

“But, in saying that, it changed for everybody, potentially. But I’ve never in a season seen a swing so exaggerated. Obviously we have to get on top of that. We have to understand it.”

PHIL FODEN has moved a chef into the grounds of his new home as he attempts to cook up a storm in the Premier League over the coming months.

The Manchester City and England striker has recently moved away from his Stockport roots and into a country pile.

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And Foden, 24, has taken a full-time chef with him who will live in the gatekeeper’s cottage on the Cheshire Estate.

A source revealed: “Phil wants to be on top of his nutrition and the chef has a lovely space to prepare all his meals.

“It’s the ultimate luxury and because he’s away a lot with the team, having his own chef means he can just focus on his football and young family.”

Foden’s mum Claire recently told Talk Eat Laugh: “The shocking thing is I hear him ordering salmon a lot now and he never used to eat that!

“He used to have low iron levels, but that’s all up to scratch now.”

Foden, 24, has three children with childhood sweetheart Rebecca Cooke.

He was named last season’s PFA Player of the Year after a sensational campaign with Man City.

He scored 27 goals and assisted 12 in 53 games as Pep Guardiola‘s men claimed their fourth successive Premier League title.

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But so far this season he has started just three of Man City’s 10 league matches.

One of those came on Saturday as the champions suffered their first Premier League defeat in 11 months.

Bournemouth beat Man City 2-1 thanks to goals from Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson.

The result leaves City two points adrift of Liverpool after Arne Slot’s men came from behind to beat Brighton 2-1 at Anfield.

Fellow title rivals Arsenal lost more ground as their 1-0 defeat to Newcastle sees them seven points adrift.

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