Talking of City, they welcome back Nathan Aké – he’s on the bench – as is Manuel Akanji, who picked up a minor knock on international duty. As such, Stones comes in at centre-back, while Jeremy Doku and Savinho are handed starts on the wings, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish kept in reserve.

O’Neil is, of course, without Yerson Mosquera, Sasa Kalajdzic, Enso González, Bastein Meupiyou, Boubacar Traoré – and now Hwang Hee-chan, injured playing for South Korea and out for around a month. Consequently, Matheus Cunha and Jørgen Strand Larsen start up front, and have the ability to give John Stones and Ruben Dias a testing afternoon.

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