Manchester City were beaten at Leicester in their first home game of the new season, but have a number of injuries to contend with
Manchester City lost their first home game of the new Premier League season to Leicester City, losing 5-2 to the Foxes
City beat Wolves in their first game on Monday before a young side defeated Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup on Thursday Now the quick turnaround in fixtures continues with the visit of 2016 Premier League champions Leicester who are topped the standings with their victory
Pep Guardiola was hit by injury to Gabriel Jesus on Monday, the Brazilian out for a month and Sergio Aguero still unavailable This leaves no senior striker in good shape, meaning City will have to play someone out of position or call young Liam Delap again
Guardiola was able to play Raheem Sterling, but after Riyad Mahrez gave them the lead, a hat-trick from Jamie Vardy and James Maddison’s crier sealed a victory for Leicester Nathan Ake secured consolation with his first City goal , before Youri Tielemans adds Leicester’s fifth on the spot
Leicester take off Jonny Evans, with the arrival of Christian Fuchs Jamie Vardy has not yet been replaced, by the way
Big strike from James Maddison He loops one in the top corner of the outside of the box That should be it
Kyle Walker throws a ball through the penalty area, but no one is there Sergio Aguero would have been
Everything is City as you might expect, but Leicester make it very difficult for them to find a space
Raheem Sterling reaches a deep cross from Kevin de Bruyne but he stretches and can only pass
For Leicester, Dennis Praet is replaced by James Maddison, and it looks like treble scorer Jamie Vardy is injured, so he will be pulled out
You can tell how unhappy Guardiola was at the start of this half because he made a debut under Liam Delap’s introduction didn’t make the change the manager wanted and City got away with it. well and truly collapsed
Jamie Vardy sneaks behind Eric Garcia and goes to the ground Referee shows the spot
Meanwhile, Daniel Amartey receives a book as he is the last Leicester player to stop Kevin de Bruyne from breaking through
No change on either side, but Liam Delap warms up at the start of half-time
From the kick-off, Kevin de Bruyne advances and drags an effort with his left foot far from outside the box
Napoli sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli told Sky Sports he expects Kalidou Koulibaly to stay at the club
« I think Koulibaly is staying, we are very happy and he too He has three years on his current contract, I believe he remains »
A few words between the scorers as they left the pitch, Mahrez and Vardy were good friends during their time at Leicester together
City’s goal hasn’t changed things for Leicester and Leicester’s goal shouldn’t change things for City They have been pushing for a second goal since scoring the first and are expected to s ‘expect to continue to dominate possession
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