Everton away

It’s hard not to have an eye on Wednesday, such is the magnitude of the next 90 minutes we play at home, perhaps the paid professionals will handle it better… But we are all human after all, and with Everton showing they have some scrap in them of late, and the intensity of our matches either side of this, Goodison away presents itself as the most likely pitfall of our final four games.

If Rudiger thinks we are “not dangerous", Ancelottis team selection yesterday suggests his opinion is not shared throughout the Real Madrid hierarchy, their starting eleven yesterday only featured three players who started against us on Tuesday, one of those being the goalkeeper. City can afford to drop points today, a loss, a draw and two wins should see the title retained for a significant third year on the bounce. But that isn’t Guardiolas style, look at the Gundogan penalty last weekend, keeping the right mentality will largely trump rest at this stage of the season.

With that said the team selection today will be influenced by Peps plans for Wednesday. Personally I would bring Mahrez in on the right, with Bernardo, Foden or even Alvarez taking Gundogans place. Today I think some light changes at the back, with at least one of Rodri or KDB starting on the bench. Win, lose or draw, Haaland could really do with a goal to get over this unacceptable two game goal drought he’s in the middle of!

I go same as the Leeds team, hopefully Ake is fit, with a couple of auditions (Mahrez, Alvarez, Foden) also in there to start midweek

Ederson
Akanji Laporte Ake
Rico Gundogan
Mahrez Alvarez KDB Foden
Haaland