Check out this free online live stream of the game here, and watch Manchester City Vs Southampton in this Barclays Premier League matchup! “Teams like City are used to having that pressure about winning games”, said Koeman in his presser. There have been seven in all for the club.
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Goalkeeper Willy Caballero believes Manchester City’s thrashing by Liverpool last weekend has acted as a wake-up call.
“Jay had the surgery last Tuesday and we are happy about that, because that was the best to do”.
“I’m more direct than him. We all know the philosophy that we have and we’ll try and play our game there”. “But he’s such a great player that it’s easy to play with him”.
The Saints pressed for an equaliser but in the 70th minute City got their third against the run of play after De Bruyne’s clipped pass was lashed home by Kolarov. “The most important thing was to get three points”. When he is in full flow the ball is seemingly glued to his left foot, which stymies the opposition’s prospects of taking possession and threatening the shaky City defence.
City may have paid over the odds for De Bruyne, but the Belgium worldwide can not be accused of failing to produce.
The City manager said: “I spoke with Sergio before the game and he was not going to play more than 65 minutes”.
In his withdrawn manner, Pellegrini praised De Bruyne.
“The first goal, and some other chances for City in the first 20 minutes, we made ourselves and that was very disappointing”.
Palace, who had slipped back to 10th after a good start to the season, responded with two goals from Yannick Bolasie, two from James McArthur and one from Wilfried Zaha to send Newcastle back into the relegation zone.
“We are the only team from the Premier League definitely through in the Champions League and the only team in the Champions League still in the League Cup”.
His return is welcome for Pellegrini who has been without Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Samir Nasri and Aguero for prolonged periods this season.
He told Sky Sports: “It was a very hard start in the game”. Pelle will be the only one to spearhead the offensive, so the best bet for this fixture in the under 2.5 goals to be scored at spectacular odds of 5/4 courtesy of bet365 Sports.
A concern for the home side was the sight of Sergio Agüero limping off after an hour. Had they won that match, Ronald Koeman’s men would have come into this one just three points behind City. He last played in the top flight for Everton nine years ago and has not played a competitive game at any level since appearing for Ipswich in 2011.
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“The result (at Bournemouth) is not easy to take, but we need to move forward and learn from these type of games”.
