Champions League: Man City’s possible starting line-up against Copenhagen today – AS USA

Manchester City travel to Copenhagen on Tuesday for Matchday 4 Group G of the Champions League clash and need only one point to mathematically secure a place in the next round of the competition.

City’s squad will feature the player of the moment in Erling Haaland with the Norwegian striker having already scored 20 goals in all competitions this season with the striker on track to smash Premier League and Champions League goalscoring records.

“Haaland, one of the best”

Speaking to the media ahead of Tuesday’s game in the Danish capital, City manager Pep Guardiola hailed Erling Haaland as one of the best strikers he has worked with and said the numbers speak for themselves as the Norwegian striker continues his astonishing start to life in England.

Haaland has scored 15 of City’s 33 goals premier league goals, including three hat-tricks, and scored five more in the Champions League in 12 appearances in all competitions. ‘He is one of the best. I have a lot of very, very good strikers and Erling is one of them,’ Guardiola told reporters on the eve of City’s Champions League game at FC Copenhagen. “He understands quickly and he’s a nice guy. He is capable of doing it for the team, but we have to work together and it happened. I talk about him a lot, but sometimes I shouldn’t have to because numbers do that.’

FC Copenhagen-Man City (possible starting XI)

COPENHAGEN: Ryan; Diks, Vavro, Khoch., Sorensen; Stamenic, Lerager, Falk; Claesson, Haraldsson and Daramy.

MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson; Akanji, Ruben Dias, Ake, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva; Foden, Haaland and Grealish.

ARBITRATOR: Soares Dias (Portugal).

STADIUM: Parken Stadium.

TIME: 6:45 p.m. (CEST) / 12:45 p.m. (ET)