***Champions v Fulham Official Match Thread***

[nottsblue]

Two more PL home games before the World Cup. Two more wins would be perfect

Come on City
Fancy a close game today 2-1 Silva to score first

[salford city]

Gave my season cards up to a mate and his son for this one so will catch it on firestick. Will be a goid game, Fulham are no mugs and will come snd play. Looking forward to it

[Beefymcfc]

Come on City, need a good final push prior to the break.

[Mase]

Good luck blue boys. I won’t be able to watch as I’m in the middle of nowhere avoiding fireworks for the weekend and I can’t stay in this cafe all day

CTWD

[johnny crossan]

Watch on youtube.com

[Nigels Tackle]

neither foden or haaland are starting apparently

[CTID Hants]

neither foden or haaland are starting apparently

If that's the case, let's hope Alvarez kicks on from Wednesday

In Julian we trust...

[Dameerto]

Alvarez is the mut's nuts.

[Nigels Tackle]

XI | Ederson, Akanji, Stones, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Alvarez, Grealish

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Dias, Haaland, Laporte, Gomez, Mahrez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis

[CTID Hants]

XI | Ederson, Akanji, Stones, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Alvarez, Grealish

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Dias, Haaland, Laporte, Gomez, Mahrez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis

[Harry Dowd scored]

Mitrovic not in Fulham team

[CTID Hants]

Mitrovic not in Fulham team

That is bonus for us no doubt

[PeterParker]

Are we one up yet?

[nottsblue]

XI | Ederson, Akanji, Stones, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Alvarez, Grealish

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Dias, Haaland, Laporte, Gomez, Mahrez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis

Good enough. Hope Alvarez continues where he left off on Wednesday

[blues2win]

Haaland on the bench is no surprise. Hopefully Alvarez will build on his strong second half performance against Sevilla. Gone for Bernardo on the right and giving Grealish another start, perhaps to build up his confidence. Haaland and Foden offer strong back up on the bench. No Mitrovic which is a real bonus.

[sheblue]

Foden and Haaland rested for Chelsea.

[CBEM]

Lot's of movement, bamboozle Fulham KDB laying a few on a plate for Alvarez.

Got a feeling this could be a high scoring game for us today.

[john@staustell]

Foden and Haaland rested for Chelsea.

Hope so. Be nice to see Pep put some effort into the cups

Against his character though!

[john@staustell]

Leon Osman on Sky at the Etihad. Talking a lot of sense, very rare for a pundit

[Sideshow Bob]

bernardo and grealish on the wings = lots of possession without much of a threat.