Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford are No 10 and 11 respectively, John Stones will wear the No 5 while Harry Maguire — who is facing a race to reach full fitness — has been given the No 6 shirt. Manchester City will be counting their lucky stars that as injuries pile-up their Three Lions contingent of Kyle Walker, John Stones and Raheem Sterling are back in training and pushing to be involved for the season opener against Tottenham. » And Jimi said, «Well, when I was seven, these people took me back to see the Ramones.» I said, «Oh my God, that kid! After the team’s victory against Sweden on Tuesday, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal took to Twitter to praise the ‘historic victory’ which has secured Ukraine’s place in the quarterfinals of the Euros. I told my mum I have the No 7 shirt,’ a delighted Grealish told England’s Twitter. What has happened this season is testament to Guardiola, the first man since Sir Alex Ferguson in 2009 to retain the world’s toughest league after Sunday’s win at Brighton, where City equalled their own record for most victories in a campaign, 32. He told his players back in August to expect a Liverpool onslaught and was proven correct, the level of Jurgen Klopp’s wondrous team kicking City on to achieve a staggering 98 points.
The second coming of a club hero with smiles brimming all around the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Welshman’s own grin told a tale of how sour events in Madrid had tarnished his love for the game. They got a better game from Sunderland last Saturday; they will get better from Stoke at the weekend. He claimed in a social media post last Friday that the club always knew when he was arriving back. Aguero to Nolito, Nolito back to Aguero, the red shirts burned off like the field in an Olympic 100m race, and the ball finished low, smartly, past Nita. Goalkeeper Nita was like a jumping jack on the goal-line and it seemed to put Aguero off. On Saturday, Aguero stepped up and put City ahead — but he is strangely short of confidence from the spot in Europe, with two misses in his last three takes. Sportsmail takes a look at the Three Lions squad, how it has fared since losing to Italy and who needs to buck their ideas up with the new season a matter of days away. Foden is said to have flexed his foot during a training session with England in the build-up to the Italy final, which the Three Lions lost on penalties.
The Telegraph report that Foden is expected to be out of action until after next month’s international break — ruling him out of City’s first three league games. Last season Grealish managed 10 Premier League assists as 0.41 assists per 90 minutes, exceeding the figures of Bernardo Silva (0.26), Foden (0.28) and Ilkay Gundogan (0.09), as per BetVictor. He marked his Premier League debut for the Blues with a goal and assist, and fans of the club will be optimistic there is more to come in an attacking sense too after assisting Giroud in the defeat by Wolves. He could put some time aside for that meeting next Wednesday evening because, let’s face it, after City’s second half he is unlikely to have any more pressing matters on his mind. The Gunners midfield has lacked defensive solidity and a link to the attacking players in his absence, and while the club are yet to put a time frame on his return, they will be desperate to see the Ghana international come back as soon as possible. A Kolarov shot was deflected in an agonising loop over the bar, De Bruyne shot wide when put in by Nolito, a Silva corner was met by a Nolito volley that hit the near post before Silva set up the outstanding Sterling whose shot was flicked by Nita on to the bar.
This was the unselfishness in front of goal that Guardiola demands — don’t take a gamble on scoring yourself, look for the extra pass to allow a team-mate to make certain — and Silva duly enforced the point by burying his shot with Steaua overstretched. Not that City had to wait long to make amends. JADON SANCHO: Another who, perhaps more surprisingly, saw limited minutes at the Euros, Sancho is back in England and has the chance to make his mark at Manchester United. For Gareth Southgate’s stars it is back to the day job and for many it has been far from a seamless transition. All other international players had reported back on August 2 but no other Spurs player had played through to the Euro 2020 final, as Kane did, which was only four weeks ago and which is why Kane understood his return date was delayed. But, nonetheless, Tottenham remain deeply upset at how Kane and his brother, Charlie, have set about trying to extract himself from the club. I will be returning to the club tomorrow (Saturday), as planned. Don’t read too much into his cameo in the Community Shield, Grealish will be pushing for a start against Tottenham in the opener and with the quality around him he will expect to hit even greater heights than he managed as the lynchpin of Aston Villa’s team.
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