Manchester City’s David Silva fit for Southampton after nine games out

Manchester City will be without their first choice goalie, Joe Hart for their Premier League clash with Southampton.

“David Silva and Wilfried Bony are both in the squad list”.

He said: “Maybe one defeat in this club is a crisis for this club, in the media”.

City’s 4-1 loss to Liverpool last Saturday was followed by the 1-0 defeat at Juventus on Wednesday in the Champions League. “Of course it is not good that Joe had to come off, but I have to be prepared – that is the life of a substitute goalkeeper”.

It was Caballero’s only Premier League appearance of the season after Hart was sidelined with the back complaint that City suspect may be linked to his hamstring injury, and the former Malaga keeper admits that he is desperate to make amends.

“We have to be focused on the Italian championship now but then get ready for the game against Sevilla”.

Pellegrini said he expects a hard encounter against the Saints, who will be without leading goalscorer Graziano Pelle after he picked up his fifth booking of the season in last weekend’s loss to Stoke City.

“If I am needed, I will be ready, whenever that might be – but of course we hope that Joe recovers, he is a goalkeeper of the very highest level, and he is playing very, very well”.

City’s No 3 keeper Richard Wright, who last played a Premier League game nine years ago for Everton, will be on the bench. You see Liverpool come here and beat us but Crystal Palace went to Liverpool and beat them, and after that Sunderland beat Crystal Palace.

Bell, widely dubbed the Citizens’ greatest-ever player after leading the club to multiple trophies during the late 1960s and early 70s, says the playmaker has cemented his very own folklore.

Southampton, meanwhile, are likely to start with Shane Long in attack, with Graziano Pelle suspended and Jay Rodriguez injured.

“David gives us a different way of playing – [David] is the player with the most accurate passes in the final third”.

“Southampton are having a good season. We lost Joe in a very good moment but that happens”.

“It wasn’t a good week for us – we lost two games. We’ll need to play well to win”.

“Teams like City are used to having that pressure about winning games”, said Koeman.

Manchester City can not be as bad again as they were last week.