BREAKING: Rodri is not available for #ManCity vs Everton, confirms Pep Guardiola.

Pep Guardiola on Kovacic: "It's a good news, starting for 50, 60 minutes. Step by step; he has to now give us quality moments, quality time, quality minutes. But step by step, it's important that he's back..."

Pep Guardiola on Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri: "They trained yesterday, they are much, much better, they are close to coming back..."

Pep Guardiola on Jack Grealish: "His impact has been massive since day one, starting playing to take back minutes and minutes, and this is what he wanted. The appreciation that we have with him, because he's a lovely, lovely guy. But for different reasons he didn't play much minutes [with #ManCity], and he's back to the real business, playing every game..."

Pep Guardiola on whether he has spoken to Jack Grealish since leaving #ManCity: "Not yet, when he left, but since then, no. Hopefully tomorrow, if he comes to the Etihad, I can see him..."

Taking on the Toffees! 🍬

Let's hear your score prediction 🫵💭

Your City side to take on Everton 🩵

XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias (C), Aké, O'Reilly, Nico, Reijnders, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Trafford, Stones, Marmoush, Kovacic, Cherki, Bernardo, Gvardiol, Bobb, Lewis

Level at the break 🤝

🩵 0-0 🍬

Second Half underway!

GOAL! #ManCity 1-0 Everton, Erling Haaland! [58’]

GOAL! #ManCity 2-0 Everton, Erling Haaland [63']

A sweet victory! ✨

🩵 2-0 🍬 | @OKX

@Erling_Haaland scoring the majority of Man City's goals is a concern for Pep Guardiola, says the Man City manager.

Pep: “We have to score more, yeah. If we don't create, it's fine. But if we create, we have to score, yeah..”

Pep Guardiola: “I saw in training they're good with finishing, so they have to do it... And I have no doubt, when they unlock, those players will score.

Omar [Marmoush] is a top scorer, Savio in one moment it will happen, Oscar [Bobb] as well, Tijji [Reijnders] and Phil [Foden] - they're really good scoring! We cannot deny how good Phil is in those positions, Tijjani as well.

And when Rico [Lewis] plays that position, he's a guy who always arrives in the final third really, really good. We have Erling [Haaland], it's fine, but we'll be stronger. They have to feel, 'OK, I have to help the team'. And this is what we have to do.”

Phil Foden: “I think I’m improving my relationship with @Erling_Haaland; I played a lot of good passes in behind. Maybe he could've finished a few but every time I pass he seems to miss unfortunately! No, no we’re definitely building that relationship. I’m finding him more in behind and where he needs the ball to score. It’s something I’ve been working on.”

𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: Rodri has been RULED OUT against Villarreal and Aston Villa with ongoing muscular injury, Pep Guardiola has confirmed! 🚨‼️

🗣️ “Villarreal I don’t think so and Aston Villa I don’t think so neither. It’s not long but it’s muscular and we have to be careful.

I’ve said many times we try to avoid reoccurring injuries, but we have not been able to do that. We will see. Step by step…”

Can you name the missing players in the City XI that last played at Villarreal in 2011? 🤔

🎙️ Pep Guardiola and Nico González’s pre-Villarreal press conference.

Guardiola: “I'm sorry, on behalf of Man City, for the tragic news for the loss of the son of Stuart Pearce, and of course his wife and family. I know there is no words that can embrace this huge tragedy, and our deepest, deepest love to him and his family.”

Guardiola on Nico González: “I have the feeling he's getting better and better. It's not easy sometimes arriving in a new club and playing a different style to maybe playing in the past.

But we're really pleased with his behavior, and I'm pretty he'll be better and better, month by month, year by year because he's so coachable, open-minded, and a lovely, lovely guy - his mum and dad has to be so proud about how he is as a human being and as a player.

And I have the feeling every game he's better and better.”