Without Rodri and De Bruyne, Manchester City still have an intimidating line-up. Newcastle United have not been at their best this season, they may not be too much problem for Manchester City. Manchester City's midfielders have just one responsibility which is to get the ball to Haaland whose striking skills is sharper this season than it was last season. Manchester City will win against Newcastle,they will be prepared for it. The team that Manchester City will drop points to this season will be hard to guess, because it can come from the most unexpected team.
Arsenal receive a major good news, as Mikel Merino has started to train with the Arsenal team again but will not play this weekend.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/merino-arsenal-fc-debut-injury-news-latest-premier-league-2024-b1184613.htmlManchester city has always been a good team and Guardiola has always got a way around his player management such that except for rare cases, he's always gat substitute for his players and still make sure the team is in a very good shape and functional enough to be able to get him the kind of results he desires at almost every time and that why Manchester city will always appear like they aren't been moved anytime a key player is out they always look for a way around how to making sure they are able to still maintain their pase and get the needed results even with or without certain players so rodris absence though will be felt but will not mean Manchester city will not be able to get the best off that game. De Bruyne is a very vital player such that his absence even affects the number of goals Manchester city can score with him its one of the proven exceptions.