Manchester City are starting one of their new wingers against Coventry City but another doesn’t make the squad
Iliman Ndiaye has been thrown straight into the Manchester City team to face Coventry – but fellow winger Allan misses out. Ndiaye completed a deadline day move from Everton for £65m and is one of two new faces of the summer in the XI alongside Elliot Anderson.
Enzo Fernandez starts on the bench following his move from Chelsea, with Ayyoub Bouaddi and Geronimo Rulli on there as well. However, there is no space for Allan as he works his way back to fitness. The forward, signed from Palmeiras for £35m in the final weeks of the window, is not fit enough to be in the squad for the Coventry game.
He has, though, been named in City’s Champions League squad for their first eight games in the competition so could travel with the team to Porto next week as they look to get off to a winning start. Ndiaye, Fernandez and Bouaddi will also be relishing the prospect of playing on the biggest stage for City.
City can stay top of the Premier League for at least a few more hours with victory over Frank Lampard’s Coventry. They are one of just four teams to have won their opening two games, and Hull City, Chelsea and Arsenal all play later than them this weekend; the two London clubs face each other at the Emirates on Sunday in an early clash between two of the leading teams.
Maresca will have to have the Champions League in mind though given City have one of their tougher fixtures up first with the game against Porto. When they return, they must prepare for the first Manchester derby of the season
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