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.
A resurgent Leicester City host Manchester City at the King Power Stadium on Saturday as the latter can momentarily go top of the Premier League table.
Leicester City vs Manchester City starting teams for today's Premier League game. The most notable absentee is striker Erling Haaland with an injury?
Boubakary Soumare misses out due to injury. The most notable absentee is striker Erling Haaland who is not named in the Manchester City lineup today, because he’s tired, according to his manager Pep Guardiola. Also recalling to the starting today are playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, goalkeeper Ederson and wide forward Jack Grealish.
Manchester City are the defending champions after beating Liverpool at the finish line in a 2021/22 title race, where a season finale win against Aston Villa ...
They bounced back from that against Brighton and Hove Albion last weekend, but this was their only win in their last four matches in all competitions (D2 L1). It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago, with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in West London. They have only lost once this season, although it was in their last away game in the league when they lost 1-0 to Liverpool.