- Right-back has sat out past three Premier League matches
- ‘Three at the back and two in the middle – he cannot do it’
Pep Guardiola says he has faith in Kyle Walker, despite leaving the right-back out of Manchester City’s past two Premier League matches. The England international had been a mainstay for several seasons but a change in formation and the form of others are keeping him on the bench.
City return on Saturday evening to Southampton, where they were dumped out of the Carabao Cup in January, with a chance to close the gap on Arsenal at the top to five points. Their cause will be helped by Erling Haaland’s return from injury.
