Guardiola has made eight changes to City’s starting line-up following their Manchester derby defeat a little over three months ago. Gundogan, Sterling and Ederson, who will make his 100th Premier League appearance, are the only three players to retain their place in the side. Elsewhere, Jesus is selected over Aguero up top, Garcia starts in defence and Sane is named in the matchday squad for the first time in 10 months.
Subs: Alexandre Lacazette, Nicolas Pepe, David Luiz, Sead Kolasinac, Emiliano Martinez, Reiss Nelson, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Dani Ceballos, Gabriel Martinelli.
ARSENAL XI (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Hector Bellerin, Pablo Mari, Shkodran Mustafi, Kieran Tierney; Granit Xhaka, Matteo Guendouzi; Eddie Nketiah, Joe Willock, Bukayo Saka; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (c).
Subs: Bernardo Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Sergio Aguero, Rodrigo, Scott Carson, Fernandinho, Leroy Sane, Phil Foden, Oleksandr Zinchenko.
MAN CITY XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Eric Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy; David Silva (c), Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne; Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling.
Arsenal, managed by former City assistant Mikel Arteta, won three league games in a row before football was brought to a halt in March. Their most recent match on March 7 ended in a 1-0 victory over London rivals West Ham, leaving them ninth in the table and five points adrift of fifth-place Manchester United, who have played a game more.
More than 100 days on from their most recent match, a 2-0 loss to bitter rivals Manchester United, reigning champions City resume their campaign with a tasty home fixture against Arsenal. Pep Guardiola’s side lost two of their last four matches before the coronavirus-enforced hiatus and are 25 points adrift of leaders Liverpool with this game in hand to play.
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