Manchester City will move back to the top of the Premier League table if they collect all three points away at Leicester in today's early kick off.
[Guardiola has an injury concern of his own over star striker Erling Haaland ahead of Saturday’s trip to Leicester](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/erling-haaland-injury-man-city-b2212805.html) but Friday’s press conference was dominated by talk over the chances of Walker and Phillips travelling to Qatar ahead of England’s opening World Cup fixture against Iran on 21 November. [had been handed a £30,000 fine over the incident by an independent panel, ](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/jurgen-klopp-ban-red-card-liverpool-man-city-b2211950.html)but he avoided a touchline ban. [‘I had a marvellous time’: Claudio Bravo defends error-strewn Man City spell](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/claudio-bravo-manchester-city-pep-guardiola-b2210997.html) [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Pep Guardiola’s ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/pep-guardiola)men are two points behind current leaders Arsenal who take on Nottingham Forest on Sunday. Rodgers: "It's not where you want to be, but performance-wise, it's been much better, a better resilience. When we've played well against them the back five has worked well. Leicester have scored six and conceded none in their last two games and will face Man City with their confidence at a season long high. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. We felt we weren't playing too bad, playing well for 60-70 minutes then give away poor goals. “We can play with a false nine but I think it’s not going to happen. [Brendan Rodgers](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brendan-rodgers) was unable to make any meaningful transfers during the summer which was a factor in why the Foxes lost six of their first seven league games.
Pep Guardiola's City are only two points behind Arteta's Arsenal and come into this on the back of a goalless draw against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions ...
They have their last group stage game against Sevilla and also face Chelsea in the 3rd round of the EFL cup on November 10th. Leicester City's season did not begin in a good way but they have slowly gathered momentum and established defensive solidity. Man City however have only won two of their last six away games.
Caglar Soyuncu makes his first Leicester City appearance of the season as Brendan Rodgers changes formations for the visit of Premier League title ...
Wilfred Ndidi is back on the bench after recovering from a hamstring injury, but there is no space for Soumare. Boubakary Soumare is the player to make way. But with Jonny Evans not fit to return, the Turk joins Daniel Amartey and Wout Faes in the defence.