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Ipswich Town at Manchester City

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After the game

Manchester City press conference · 1 note
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Mateo Kovačić and Matheus Nunes went off but told Enzo Maresca they were okay. The Man City manager will protect Ayyoub Bouaddi after his first Premier League start: "he's very young, he's coming from France... we need to help him not put him... under pressure every game"

Gary O'NeilIpswich Town · · 2 notes
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"When you're only getting six or seven attacks at the Etihad, to lose three of them to wrongly given offsides is tough to take." Gary O'Neil said Ipswich's Dara O'Shea, Issa Diop and Abdoul Ouattara were wrongly flagged but admitted poor decisions of their own hurt too.

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The deep, compact setup Ipswich used at Man City is one Gary O'Neil has now used against City three times, including a home win with Wolves. "I'm sure it's something that I'll use again." Daizen Maeda, who scored, played higher than normal to run at City's high line.

Gary O'NeilIpswich Town · · 1 note
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Saša Lukić missed Ipswich's defeat at Man City with a slight groin problem, held out as a precaution. "It was important that we didn't take any unnecessary risks with him," Gary O'Neil said. He expects Lukić to be involved in the next Premier League game, against Forest.

Before the game

Gary O'NeilIpswich Town · · 5 notes
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Gary O'Neil expects Ipswich at full strength for the Premier League trip to Man City on 17 October, with a couple of knocks checked that morning. Changes are on the table: "it would be silly of me to go there and not to change a few things." Nothing is confirmed.

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Christian Walton is Ipswich's number one goalkeeper again. A preseason foot fracture let Kjell Scherpen start the season; Walton was told he was back before the Everton game. Gary O'Neil says Scherpen and Alex Palmer are both pushing him: "He's been excellent for us."

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Jaden Philogene, Jack Clarke or Daizen Maeda: "It'll be one of them 3, I'm sure," Gary O'Neil says of Ipswich's left wing at Man City on 17 October. Philogene started there against Fulham with Abdul Fatawu absent on the right, and is "getting back to real sharpness."

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"If you name him on the bench, he covers 5 positions." Ipswich manager Gary O'Neil on Abdoul Ouattara, who can play right-back, midfield and left-back. O'Neil expects him to get a good test from Jérémy Doku in the Premier League trip to Man City on 17 October.

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"There's probably more chance that they rotate a little bit, but not definite." Gary O'Neil on Man City, hosts of his Ipswich side on 17 October in a three-game week including PSG. On City's financial rules breach: "If we win the game... I'm sure we get 3 points. So let's win."

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Phil Foden is back from suspension for Man City v Ipswich on 17 October, but Enzo Maresca won't say if he starts: City played 48 hours earlier, Ipswich had a week. He's weighing rest "at some point" for Erling Haaland, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernández, Marc Guéhi and Rúben Dias.