Holland in the City squad for the derby, Eriksen starts for United

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No football person can afford to miss the game that will be played today (Saturday, 14:30), in which Manchester City and Manchester United will meet in the 20th round of the league for the city derby.

Manchester City squad: Ederson, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Joao Cancelo, Rodri, Kevin De Brauna, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Erling Holland.

Manchester United squad: David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphael Varane, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malasia, Casemiro, Fred, Christian Eriksen, Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford.

“Our fans can’t really complain about what this team is doing, has done and will continue to do,” he began Pep Guardiola When referring to the 2:0 loss to Southampton in the cup and continued: “They (the fans) are great, and we can’t speak for them, but I know what they are thinking. I was not surprised by what happened in the cup game.”

The coach continued and explained why he thinks the Citizens lost: “It happened because we won four championships in the last five years. Sometimes this competition is a reflection of the consistency of the level we should stay at. Our strength in recent seasons has been our fitness, and after two consecutive championships, it can happen.”

Pep Guardiola. Fatigue is the team’s problem in his opinion (Reuters)

On his team’s critical week, in which they will play against city rivals United, and then against Tottenham: “We have a lot of games and it’s an important week, you can’t deny that. We will also meet Tottenham this week in addition to United, and we will have to change the picture so that the week ends positively.” In addition, the coach revealed that John Stones will not be available to the team yet, in light of the injury he is dealing with.

As mentioned, also Eric Ten the brother He made a trip before the spicy meeting with the city rival, when he knows that his team is coming with great momentum with eight consecutive victories, being in the first four places in the league and a step into the finals for the first time since 2018: “We will have to give our best game, but it depends only on us. I demand from my players unity, faith and the behavior of winners, this is a game that will affect our future.”

“We are in the middle of a process,” said the manager and continued: “We must excel in the event, and deliver the best result we can. In every game we develop as a team, and there is no end point for that. Last time we met them, things didn’t work as they should because we weren’t brave, so tomorrow we’ll have to be better than that.”

Ahead of the big game, there was less good news for the Red Devils fans, because the team’s midfielder Donnie van de Beek underwent surgery and ended the season, as the Dutch coach revealed at the press conference.

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