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Premier League champions welcome a number of injured players in Saturday's showdown with Fulham
Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City was coming back strong after the international break and that it was ready for 15 more matches in what could be a historic quadruple winning season.
With the Carabao Cup well preserved, City is second in the Premier League, facing a semi-final FA Cup with Brighton and Hove Albion and a confrontation in eight with the Champions League with Tottenham.
If they keep the distance in all competitions, it will take them up to 63 games for the season, but the city boss said his players had returned to represent their country.
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"We are well back after the international break," he said before Saturday's clash against Fulham, for which he confirmed that Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne and Vincent Kompany would all be in good form.
"We made incredible efforts to get a huge amount of points – an incredible amount of points.
"We're going to play 11 games for sure and if we deserve it, we could play 12, 14 or maybe 15. But we have to deserve it."
Fulham is about to relegate and lost 3-0 at Etihad Stadium in September, but Guardiola highlighted Aleksandar Mitrovic and Ryan Babel as potential threats.
"Mitrovic in the box is so dangerous," he said. "Babel is so fast and just got back from Holland, I do not see the painting to see how they did or their results, but they did very well."
City will return to the top with a victory over Fulham, as Liverpool – who has a two-point advantage – does not play until Sunday, when the Spurs go to Anfield.
The Reds had injury problems with Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren and Xherdan Shaqiri, all of whom had touch lots, and Jurgen Klopp believes the return of his players will be the key to Premier League Liverpool. Hopes.
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Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is also expected to be part of the first team this season after suffering serious knee injuries last year, although the former Arsenal man took over the # 1 team this season. 39; drive.
A fully available team will be all the more important as both teams remain in the Champions League.
The first match of the city with the Spurs will take place on April 9, when Liverpool will also face Porto at Anfield.
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