Pep Guardiola and Manchester City now have an “outstanding” new defensive partnership on hand despite recent long-term injury concerns.The emergence of new faces at the heart of City’s defence

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team looks at how many defenders Manchester City have signed since Pep Guardiola arrived at the Etihad.

Erling Haaland broke a poor run of form by his standards, ending a goal drought that was into its fourth game. He fired in a penalty after Jeremy Doku was brought down by Diego Gomez, with referee Thomas Bramall giving the decision after being called to the monitor by VAR.

Manchester City are in need of another centre-back after Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol went down with serious injuries. Abdukodir Khusanov and Max Alleyne have stepped into the he

Manchester City is close to signing defender Marc Guehi, Oliver Glasner said Friday while also announcing that he would be quitting as Crystal Palace manager at the end of the season. England international Guehi saw a proposed move to Liverpool collapse on transfer- deadline day in the summer and was widely expected to join the Premier League champion at the end of the season.

There is still no light at the end of the tunnel for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola. The ailing champions endured another frustrating afternoon as Everton secured a point at the Etihad, with Jordan Pickford’s penalty save from Erling Haaland early in ...