What will Pep say?

Employee praises bosses is not exactly unusual but when the employee is Pep Guardiola and the bosses are the people who run Manchester City, it is still significant.

Guardiola doesn't talk often about the 115 Premier League charges City are defending themselves against but when he does, he is totally supportive of the club.

It will be fascinating to see if and how he chooses to address the issue in his press conference later as I suspect he will be asked.

It is not the only topic for Guardiola to talk about though.

There is also Phil Foden's fitness as the England playmaker missed City's last two games. What will Pep have to say on Nathan Ake - who was stretchered out of the Netherlands' midweek encounter with Germany? And there's likely to be chat on confirmation Guardiola's side must play two games in three days after their EFL Cup tie with Watford was arranged for 24 September.