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If Braga left today, that would be a good result. But hopefully that doesn’t mean they’ll be negative. City are vulnerable at the back, especially with Mendy missing, and we can expect Shakhtar to try to exploit that. They failed to make the group stages last season but they were confident travellers in the Europa League, scoring five at Gent and four in Braga before winning at Celta Vigo. Evidently being forced to play their ‘home’ matches 500km from their actual home (because of conflict in Ukraine) they’ve got used to play away.
Here you go. Most notable for City - given Guardiola could just pluck names from a golden hat when it comes to choosing his attack - is that Fabian Delph will continue filling in as a left-back/roving midfielder. He’s no Benjamin Mendy but he’s done a decent job in that role in recent weeks. Further forward, the answer to the weekly ‘which brilliant young winger will start this time’ is Sané rather than Sterling. Meanwhile, Shakhar, as ever, have a slew of talented Brazilians, with the midfielder Fred, in particular, reputed to be hot stuff. It’s all very exciting.
City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph; De Bruyne, Fernandinho, D Silva; Jesus, Aguero, Sané
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