Looking ahead to the January and summer transfer windows, there look to be two main positions that Manchester City will look to strengthen. It would not be a surprise to see City move for another

Pep Guardiola will set his men up in a 4-3-3 formation and is expected to keep changes to a minimum for this clash. Hence, Erling Haaland will once again lead the charge for Man City up top. Gianluigi Donnarumma will feature in between the sticks for Man City after conceding one goal in his last outing.

LONDON -- Four months into the season it is not exactly news that Manchester City have reconfigured their playing style, the collective sublimated in pursuit of the best version of Erling Haaland. There is a pretty compelling argument that it makes sense, one that was not entirely disproven in Tuesday's remarkable 5-4 win over Fulham.

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Manchester City could line up for Sunday's Premier League clash with Crystal Palace.

It was Madrid who took the lead in a frantic first half, Rodrygo ending a 32-game personal scoring drought by firing low past Gianluigi Donnarumma. City responded through Nico O’Reilly, who scored from close range following a corner, then won a penalty when Erling Haaland was bundled to the floor by Antonio Rudiger.

City – akin to Rudyard Kipling's If. A tale about resilience and virtue, both qualities that were needed to overturn Europe's serial winners. As the poem goes: 'If you can keep your head, when all about you are losing theirs' and with one win in five La Liga games,

One Crystal Palace star is a 'Man City-level' player who Pep Guardiola's side must be wary of in Sunday's Premier League clash at Selhurst Park, Citizens expert Steven McInerney tells Sports Mole.