Manchester City are looking ahead to the Manchester derby after beating Porto 2-0 in the Champions League
Jeremy Doku will miss the Manchester derby but Nico O’Reilly is ready to come back in to face Manchester United. The Manchester City homegrown star has shrugged off a back issue and is “100 per cent available” for one of the biggest games of the season.
Doku has not played since the Community Shield after feeling tightness in his calf in the first 45 minutes against Arsenal. The injury was not described as serious, yet it has been enough to keep him out of the first four matches of the season and he will not be available to face United either with coach Enzo Maresca saying that he “needs more days”.
O’Reilly pulled out of the Coventry match in the warm-up last week. Again, it was not said to be a major issue and he did not travel to Porto for the Champions League game, but is confirmed to be available for Sunday’s game.
City look to continue their perfect start to the season as they head to Old Trafford. Maresca has overseen three Premier League wins in his opening three games since taking over from Pep Guardiola and the Blues also won in Porto in the Champions League this week.
United won this fixture last season when Michael Carrick haD just taken over temporary charge of the club, replacing Ruben Amorim. Carrick has since become permanent manager but United only have four points from their opening three games and will be under pressure to get a positive result on Sunday.
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