Guardiola insists he is sticking with Haaland despite City’s poor run of form
City coach will not consider reverting to a false 9Rúben Dias ruled out for lengthy spell with muscle injury
Pep Guardiola has said he will not consider dropping Erling Haaland and adopting a false No 9 in an attempt to find a formula to arrest Manchester City’s run of eight defeats in 11 matches.
City travel to Aston Villa for Saturday’s early kick-off, with the 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on 4 December the champions’ only triumph since they beat Southampton 1-0 on 26 October.
