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Team news first; Marouane Fellaini made his return after a month out against Juventus and may start ahead of Nemanja Matic, who was relatively poor again for United and seems sluggish since suffering an injury just before the start of the season. Alexis Sanchez suffered a minor thigh injury against Juventus and is a doubt for the game and as is Paul Pogba, who missed training on Friday with a ‘little injury’ but it is likely he will be fit to face City. Romelu Lukaku returned to training on Friday and could return for the potentially injured Sanchez, but to be honest the team has played well without him and it might be worth putting him on the bench if he is fit to play and bring him on if necessary. Manchester City seem to only have one injury, being the injury suffered by Kevin de Bruyne against Fulham in the Carabao Cup Round of 16. He will be a big miss especially since he had only just returned from a long term injury and is reportedly out for roughly six weeks.