Last week’s win over Newcastle felt like a huge day in the Premier League title race. It wasn’t all plain sailing for Pep Guardiola’s side as the visitors pegged City back after Nico O’Reilly had opened the scoring, but O’Reilly struck again and City were roared home by a raucous Etihad crowd to ensure they collected all three points.
Having moved to within two points of Arsenal at the top of the table, the Gunners did their job the following day away at Tottenham to restore their five-point lead. City play before Mikel Arteta’s side again this weekend, with Arsenal facing Chelsea at 4.30pm on Sunday, and so it’s another chance for City to ratchet up the pressure on their rivals.
Gianluigi Donnarumma is an automatic pick in goal. Matheus Nunes starts at right back and O’Reilly’s excellent performances in midfield of late mean Rayan Ait-Nouri can continue at left back.
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Ruben Dias and Marc Guehi are looking solid together at centre-back since the former’s return from injury. Dias was brought off at half time in the win over Newcastle with Abdukodir Khusanov taking his place, but Guardiola confirmed after the game that the change was for tactical reasons and so Dias can start again today.
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With City enjoying a midweek without a game, Rodri will be fine to go again. Bernardo Silva has led by example this season and his ability to control the play could be key against a Leeds side that can hit teams on the counter. O’Reilly has been excellent since Guardiola pushed him further up the field and he simply has to start.
Antoine Semenyo and Omar Marmoush can start in the forward line, with Erling Haaland spearheading the attack. The Norwegian superstar has six goal involvements in his last five games and looks to be returning to form just at the right time, with Guardiola keen to praise his defensive work as much as his attacking threat following the win over Newcastle.
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