De Bruyne will be in player of the year race

“Talking about the Premier League we just won one point from six so it was very important to win against an unbeaten team away”. He is one of the top three of four keepers in the world at the moment and I wish him all the best to keep improving to become number one.

And on the only occasion Silva, de Bruyne and Aguero have played together, Kun score five as Newcastle were blitzed 6-1. Fans will be waiting with baited breath on news of the Argentinian’s condition though manager Manuel Pellegrini downplayed it as “nothing important”.

“If you want to be involved in the title race you can not drop more points at home”.

“The players gave a very strong reaction”. It was not a muscle injury so he doesn’t have any risk to start games because he doesn’t feel pain in his ankle.

Southampton will return to action on Wednesday evening when they take on Liverpool at St. Mary’s Stadium in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

“It is not a crisis. It is not a crisis, it’s a very good season”.

Early goals from Kevin de Bruyne (9) and Fabian Delph (20) seemed to have the points sewn up inside 20 minutes, but Shane Long (49) replied and Saints were close to an equaliser during a long period of dominance.

Stuttering Manchester City can move provisionally to the top of the Premier League with a win over Southampton on Saturday. “We will see tomorrow but I don’t think it was anything important”.

But just as the home supporters’ frustrations threatened to boil over, Kolarov restored City’s two-goal advantage on 70 minutes.

While Pellegrini took precautionary measures by substituting Aguero in the 64th minute, Guardiola was also guarded on Saturday.

“He has a pain in his heel”.

Koeman saw improvement after the interval but admitted his side played into the opposition’s hands and were punished for their lacklustre start.

“We have to forget this game (at Juventus) and try to bounce back in the league”. The ball is needlessly given away in central midfield and Aguero is played clean through on goal, but Stekelenburg comes flying off his line to make a great save.

Saints continued to pile the pressure in the second half but any momentum Southampton was enjoying was cruelly stamped out by their opponents as Aleksandar Kolarov expertly volleyed a low shot into the bottom left of Stekelenburg’s net on 69 minutes.

Maya Yoshida comes in for Cedric Soarez at right-back, with Oriol Romeu and James Ward-Prowse preferred to Jordy Clasie and Dusan Tadic in midfield.