City v Stoke: Game Thread

Lineups are in:

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Sagna, Kolarov, Kompany (C), Demichelis, Fernando, Nasri, Yaya Toure, Silva, Jovetic, Aguero #cityvstoke #mcfc

— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) August 30, 2014

#scfc Starting XI vs Man City: Begovic; Bardsley, Shawcross (c), Wilson, Pieters; Whelan, Nzonzi; Diouf, Walters, Moses; Crouch

— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) August 30, 2014

The subs:

SUBS NEWS: Caballero, Clichy, Zabaleta, Fernandinho, Milner, Navas, Dzeko #cityvstoke #mcfc

— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) August 30, 2014

#scfc Substitutes vs Man City: Sorensen, Huth, Muniesa, Odemwingie, Arnautovic, Adam, Bojan. Come on Stoke!

— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) August 30, 2014

Who else is excited to see Jovetic and Aguero start together? Dzeko didn't really do anything to deserve going to bte bench, but it's hard to keep Mr. Aguero out of a side for too long. The other change of note is that Bacary Sagna will make his debut as Zabaleta gets a rest. I expect we'll see more of this rotation in the future. Former City boy Glenn Whelan starts for Stoke but Stephen Ireland misses out through injury.

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