Pep Guardiola has backed Thomas Tuchel's view that Phil Foden is at his best in a central role but the Manchester City boss said the England star's willingness to play anywhere shows his winning mentality.

Manchester City are looking to bounce back from consecutive defeats when they welcome Leeds United to the Etihad Stadium.

Leeds manager Daniel Farke has accused Manchester City of bending the rules before rallying to snatch victory in their Premier League game on Saturday. Leeds reduced its deficit from 2-0 to 2-1

Guardiola deployed a much-changed XI from Man City’s weekend defeat at St. James’ Park, trusting his fringe players to get past Bayer Leverkusen. While Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden looked on, the Cityzens got off to a dominant start at the Etihad.

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Pep Guardiola has apologized for his confrontation with a cameraman after Manchester City’s weekend loss to Newcastle, saying Monday he feels “ashamed.”

Manchester City are hardly the only side guilty of a specific time-wasting offence which could be stamped out next year.

Pep Guardiola defended Gianluigi Donnarumma after Leeds boss Daniel Farke suggested that the goalkeeper had faked an injury during Manchester City's dramatic 3-2 win on Saturday.- 'Nothing I personally like' - Farke was adamant that there had been a significant change in the game after Donnarumma received attention,