What's on the agenda for Guardiola today?

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It's a rare early start at Manchester City today for a 09:00 GMT news conference on this bitterly cold Friday morning.

That may be because of travel arrangements for Saturday's trip to Newcastle as Premier League teams make their return to action following the international break.

City comprehensively defeated champions Liverpool in their previous game and statistics show Pep Guardiola's side have ran more covered more ground this season than any other top-flight side.

Do the running stats show they are fully re-energised? Have they put the disappointment of last season behind them?

Let's wait to see what Guardiola says.