Subs: Doku and Bernardo replace Oscar Bobb and Tijjani Reijnders. Brentford 0-1 #ManCity. [76’]

A hard-fought three points 💪

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Today's EA SPORTS Man of the Match is @Erling_Haaland! 👏🌟

Wishing Niall Quinn a very Happy Birthday! 🩵🥳

Pep Guardiola! 🫡🩵

Nico O'Reilly has been called up to the senior England squad for their upcoming international fixtures 🙌

Congratulations, Nico 🩵✨

Lighting up the wings! ✨

Jeremy Doku is your Etihad Player of the Month for September! 🩵

Man City are cooling plans to sign a new right-back due to the impressive performances of Abdukodir Khusanov, and could completely shelve plans until at least next summer.

[via SkySportsLyall]

John Stones: “Last season was tough for me, to the point where I thought about stopping…

I didn’t want to do it. I had had enough of being so professional and trying to do everything right in my power, to then keep breaking down and not having the answers.

It was a very difficult place to be in. Hopefully I don’t go back to that place.”

Man City are cooling plans to sign a new right-back until next summer following Abdukodir Khusanov’s impressive performances in the position so far this season.

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Nico O'Reilly on his first England call-up: “I got a call from Thomas [Tuchel] after the game [vs. Brentford] and he let me know. First, I got a text – I had to double check - on the team bus back from the game. As soon as I got off, I gave him a call in my car.

He just said he’d love to have me in the squad, he’s been watching for quite a while, sees I’m doing well and happy I’m playing a lot. I was just buzzing. I told my friends, my mum and let a few people know. They said they were so proud, to soak it all in, enjoy every moment and be myself. Then I had to go to bed!

I arrived this morning [Monday], met everyone – everyone was so welcoming – then got changed into my kit, had a few interviews, take a few pictures and I’m here now.”

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Ali Bernarbia 🥳

Napoli attempted to sign Man City's Kalvin Phillips in the ‘final hours’ of the summer transfer window, with sporting director Giovanni Manna proposing an initial loan with option to buy, according to ArenaNapoli.

Djibril Cisse: “What [Wayne] Rooney said isn't cool [QPR intentionally handing Man City the title in 2012]. He took out his frustrations on me. It's not my fault.

If we wanted Man City to win the league, would it not have been a little risky to have waited until the very last minute to let them score?

We could've let them win 4–0 or 5–0 and gone home. But we played a strong team, the manager wanted to win. It wasn’t our reserve team.”