Gundogan coming on

Gundogan on for Doku. City have a corner so can't see immediately what the plan is but I would assume it's Bernardo right wing, Gundogan central. Full control

Nunes on for Grealish

Nunes on the left wing! (for now?)

3-1 Haaland hat-trick

Let the record show that I just wrote this: City were, for the most part, miles better than the hosts but the scoreline did not reflect it and, as a result, Guardiola’s men tightened their belts towards the end. That restricted the service to Haaland but you had the feeling that

Nunes! I was not familiar

Some save by Ederson there. Walker getting the rustiness out of his system...

Haaland honestly scores hat-tricks like other (top) strikers score goals. I can't really put it into words (not ideal given the job) but while others might look like scoring and then get one in the last 20 minutes ('he gets his goal!'), Haaland has already had two in 30 mins and

What happens when the world's best striker gets even better? Like Pep Guardiola desires, Erling Haaland is sprinting, pressing — and scoring. Lots. We might be in the process of finding out the answer to that question. 📝 Sam Lee 🔗 nyti.ms/475xrsh

I wrote a few weeks ago that it was good that Rodri was getting a load of praise/recognition/Balon d'Or talk after the Euros, but that the usual consequence of that was that Real Madrid would probably want to buy him. So that's good!

🎙️ LET ME TALK An international break mailbag show for you... 🔹 Ballon D'Or nominees 🔹 The new Champions League format 🔹 Squad rotation & who plays where/when 🔹 Summer transfer stories explained 🔹 Ederson's best saves Sam Lee | David Mooney lmtpod.com

'Christ, it is ok to just have no new articles', says one commenter. Well I've got news for you. It isn't. So here is an analysis of City's throw-ins. Dull and inconsequential as it may be, anybody who reads it (or wrote it) might learn something nytimes.com/athletic/57468…

City have communicated to fans that the controversial disabled parking charge is changing. Will now be a deposit scheme. Fans were to be charged £6 per game this season for parking, but from now on the £6 will be refunded if the parking space is used at the match. City say this