Manchester City travel to St James' Park on Saturday to take on Newcastle United in a crucial Premier League clash. Pep Guardiola's side are looking to extend their unbeaten start to the season, but will have to do so without influential midfielder Rodri who is out with a knee injury.
Man City make the difficult trip to the North East on Saturday to take on Newcastle United , as they look to cement their position at the top of the Premier League table.
They will have to do so without influential midfielder Rodri, though, after the club confirmed the Spanish international would miss a substantial period of action after suffering a knee ligament injury. As always, prominent TV pundits have offered their predictions ahead of the clash and the Manchester Evening News have rounded up their verdicts below.
"Before that trip to Craven Cottage, you'd have looked at the table and thought they're decent with 10 points from four games. But it truly seems like an oversight now; I predicted them to lose against Fulham and that's exactly what happened. "Manchester City will miss Rodri. He's the player who knits everyone together. I don't see his absence becoming an immediate problem for City in the next few fixtures. But certainly, over the course of 50 games this season, it will take a toll.
"They could have gone top for a few hours last weekend, had they not lost at Fulham after a disappointing performance.
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