Saturday’s derby sees rivals Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola pitted against each other for the first time in the Premier League following clashes in both La Liga and the Champions League.
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Silva, who scored both goals in Spain’s friendly win over Belgium last week and two more against Liechtenstein in their World Cup qualifier on Monday (local time), has featured in all of City’s league games this season under manager Pep Guardiola.
The enigmatic striker, now of Manchester United, sees his former manager as a “spineless coward” – the opposite of now-boss Jose Mourinho.
The Red Devils are backed at 2.30 to receive all three points at Old Trafford, in what would be a real statement of intent from the historic club.
They have new players also and have had a great start, the same as us, but we want to stay on the top now until the end.
There are odds of 3.25 on the sides sharing the spoils and the game ending in a draw.
Manchester United have won their first three Premier League games.
Marcus Rashford has given Mourinho a serious selection dilemma after adding an England u21 hattrick to his Hull stoppage time victor.
The 25-year-old could make his Premier League debut against Everton on Tuesday.
While City’s Sergio Aguero will be suspended and Sane injured, the two starting lineups are likely to feature six of the 12 most expensive players in English football history with the total value of the 22 to line up expected to be around 600 million pounds. What happens in the respective dugouts will be equally engrossing as Guardiola and Mourinho cross swords again, having been involved in some epic past skirmishes. We need to work as a group and try to play well.
City are set to give new recruit Claudio Bravo his debut also and the Chile global will be keen to make an immediate impression.
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