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Manchester City return to Premier League action on Saturday as they take on Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.
Manchester City heads to the King Power Stadium on Saturday for a clash with Leicester City as it aims to make it three wins in a row after an opening weekend defeat. The Man City offense has been on a tear over its last two games, defeating Arsenal and Norwich City each by a score of 5-0. The Foxes, meanwhile, needed a 76th minute game winner from Marc Albrighton to knock off the Canaries, 2-1. While the Cityzens wait to see if their Brazilian players will be available, manager Pep Guardiola will still have plenty of star power at his disposal, including Ferran Torres, Jack Grealish and Raheem Sterling. For Leicester, forward Jamie Vardy will look to once again torment Man City, as he has scored eight goals in 10 league matches against them.
Manchester City will be hoping to continue their fine form today as they return to Premier League action against Leicester City.
Prior to the international break, City won two games in succession by a 5-0 scoreline as they easily dispatched Norwich City and Arsenal.
Now the Blues will be aiming to make it three wins on the bounce and continue to climb up the table, though it won't be easy against a Foxes side who have started well themselves and defeated City in this season's Community Shield.
Pep Guardiola has been given a boost ahead of kick-off, however, as Brazilian duo Gabriel Jesus and Ederson have been cleared to play.
It appeared as though the pair may be banned for the match as Brazil's football federation attempted to invoke a FIFA rule which would see players who weren't allowed to join the national team during the break suspended for a five-day window.
However, it was confirmed late on Friday night that the South American federations have now agreed to waive the rule following discussions with FIFA.
Follow all the action LIVE in our blog below.
Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Arsenal at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.AP
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How to watch Manchester City vs. Leicester City (English Premier League 2021)
What time does the match start? Where can I watch it on TV? - Saturday’s match will start at 10:00 a.m. EST for viewers in the U.S and will air exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service and will not be on a standard TV channel. However, if you have cable through Comcast Xfinity or Cox, you may have already have Peacock available on your TV.
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More Premier League coverage via the Associated Press
Confusion reigned among English Premier League managers over the availability of their South American players who are under the threat of a five-day ban from FIFA for missing World Cup qualifiers.
Brazil triggered a FIFA regulation in a bid to prevent eight of its players from competing for their respective clubs in England’s top flight this weekend. Those players were called up for World Cup qualifiers but didn’t travel after Premier League teams objected to them going to South American nations which are red-listed by the British government because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other South American national teams who were without England-based players included Uruguay (Edinson Cavani), Chile (Francisco Sierralta) and Paraguay (Miguel Almiron).
The five-day restriction period would start immediately after the international window which, for South America, ended on Thursday. It could also take in Champions League games next week.
It was a hot topic in news conferences given by Premier League coaches on Friday, and there was a variety of answers.
For Newcastle manager Steve Bruce, Almiron is available to play against Manchester United on Saturday.
“A bit of common sense has prevailed,” Bruce said, “and he’s available for selection so we’re extremely pleased.”
Among the Brazilian players under threat of not playing in the Premier League this weekend are Alisson, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino at Liverpool; Ederson and Gabriel Jesus at Manchester City; Thiago Silva at Chelsea; and Fred at Manchester United.
City manager Pep Guardiola, preparing for a game against Leicester on Saturday, said he was still waiting for a definitive comment from FIFA but added: “Right now, I’m thinking they (Jesus and Ederson) are going to play because we don’t have any other instructions.”
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp sounded less certain about his trio of Brazilians, but that he also was still waiting on FIFA.
“I have no idea when I can expect a solution — we will see,” Klopp said.
Man United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer called the situation involving Fred a “farce.”
“Fingers crossed some sense will come into people’s minds and we can use him,” Solskjaer said.
The Premier League teams had said that if players went, they then would have to spend 10 days in hotel quarantine upon their return and have little chance of training.