Manchester City

Guardiola continued: "If we don’t win then it is because of Rodri. We are stronger with him and stronger with Ake and Bobb and Kevin but that is what it is. We don’t want it but it is football.

"As a club we have magnificent players and we will find a solution."

Manchester City

More from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on that injury to Rodri:

"Surgery this morning, ACL and next season he will be here. This season is over. Unfortunately we got the worst but these things happen. We will be there to support him in his recovery step-by-step.

"What he gives us, we don’t have a similar player. But the others can all together replace what Rodri has given since his arrival to us. We will have to do it as a team and find a way to play a lot of matches without an important player for us."

Arsenal

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta began his news conference with an injury update. He was asked about David Raya’s chances of starting tomorrow: “We have to wait 24 hours to see if he is looking good or not that good. It’s not risk, it is about a player being fit or available or not. We will make the decision tomorrow.”

On Ben White and Jurrien Timber: “Jurrien was able to take part in training today so he will be available in the squad and Ben hopefully as well.”

On how Mikel Merino is recovering from his shoulder injury: “Tomorrow is too soon, next week we will see. He had partial training today, he has been working so hard and looked really good. It is just about the healing of that bone and how mature that is to expose us to contact basically.”

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Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has also said that Kevin De Bruyne will be unavailable for the trip to Newcastle and may not return from injury after the international break.

Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has just confirmed that midfielder Rodri will miss the season due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

It's a gorgeous day in the north-west of England.

We shall see shortly if Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is also in a sunny mood when he comes into the media room shortly.

City are still to confirm the full extent of Rodri's knee injury and we also don't know if Kevin de Bruyne is going to be fit for tomorrow's lunchtime encounter with Newcastle.

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Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on whether he finds the Premier League easier than he thought it would be: "Not easy, as we said, we are two to three weeks where there is no noise around the team, this is important but I think it is not easy.

"I did expect it, in terms of hard work but in the same time nice and exciting, so I am happy."

Oh, Joe.

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on if he could get manager of the month: "The focus is just on the game, I think it's the most important thing, if we are able to win. It's also important to continue with that momentum.

"This is the only thing that I really care [about]. I will be happy to finally share three points with the fans at home. This is the most important thing."

Wolves

Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O'Neil has spoken to the media before their Premier League match against Liverpool on Saturday. He was first asked about Yerson Mosquera's injury: "He's OK. He's a great kid and I'm devastated for him. It's a big loss to us. It's a big blow to the team but it brings an opportunity to others. Alfie Pond is now a step closer, for example. He has a chance."

And O'Neil added on Toti Gomes and illness within the team: "We'll test him [Toti] again in the morning. He's trained but he's not fully fit. He's getting closer. In an ideal world we'll probably leave him longer, but we'll see.

"[Dan] Bentley is fine now, but there's quite a bit of illness with players that will need a check. There's a virus going around and some players missed training today."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on recent performance: "After the last game, I think its a good thing for me to have some doubt that means that they are doing well. They get the chance, when we give it to them.

"This is something important and as I said we need to continue to do it because I think we create the right culture in terms of team, competing and this is important. "

On deciding between Jackson and Nkunku: "Yeah it's one of them, but I think Pedro (Neto) did very well. Mykhailo (Mudryk) did very well the other day.

"All of them to be honest. It's important that when there is chance, even if it's 5 minutes, 10 minutes or half an hour or from the start, they give everything so it's important."

Arsenal

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on David Raya's injury: "We have to wait 24 hours."

On Jurrien Timber's injury: "Jurrien was able to take part in training today, hopefully Ben as well."

On Mikel Merino: "Tomorrow is too soon."

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on team news: "Romeo Lavia is available for tomorrow, the only one is Reece [James]. Lavia we will see [if he can play the full 90 minutes].

"We have one more session now and then we will decide. The most important thing is that finally he is back."

And FPL managers, do not fear. We have you covered.

If you're sweating over the fitness of some key players - the aforementioned Son or Raya, for example - we'll bring you all the key updates as they come in.

And if you're still stuck, have a peruse of our FPL tips here.

But first, the Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca and Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou are due very shortly.

Will there be good news for Malo Gusto at Chelsea? Is it a choice between Christopher Nkunku or Nicolas Jackson for their strike options? Things are going pretty well for them and they host Brighton tomorrow.

And we'll hear the latest on Son Heung-min for Tottenham after he had to come off after treatment in their win over Qarabag last night. Spurs go to Old Trafford this Sunday with just two away wins in the league to their name in 2024.

If you're just joining us, welcome! We hope you're well this Friday.

Stay with us because there is an absolute wealth of Premier League managers to speak over the course of the next few hours. What are we likely to hear?

After all the fallout of Manchester City's 2-2 draw with Arsenal last weekend, both managers are set to speak. How will Pep Guardiola (13:30 BST) cope without the injured Rodri? Is David Raya back for Mikel Arteta (13:30 BST) and Arsenal?

Wolves boss Gary O'Neil (13:00 BST) may be feeling the pressure - his side are rooted at the bottom of the league, while Brentford's Thomas Frank (13:30 BST) is dealing with the league's longest injury list.

We will also hear from the Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Ipswich and Aston Villa camps.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is having to navigate a delicate line at the moment.

He keeps stressing his side has won two trophies in two years. But he is also pointing out the club are looking to the future with their recruitment.

It is both bringing pressure for better results because you have already won and explaining why they are yet to arrive on a consistent basis.

"We have made the choice to sign young players like last year with (Rasmus) Hojlund and this year with (Joshua) Zirkzee and (Leny) Yoro, who are players we believe in both for this moment and also for the future.

"We have to work with the squad and that takes time. But I am also impatient and I want to go straight forward. We won two trophies in the last two seasons and want to win another one this season."

Let's have a little recap of where the British teams ended up. There are four British clubs in the Women's Champions League this season with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Celtic all reaching the group stage.

Chelsea and Celtic were drawn in the same group and will compete against one another in Group B. They will also compete against FC Twente and Real Madrid

Man City have been drawn in Group D alongside defending champions Barcelona, St Polten and Hammarby.

Arsenal, meanwhile, are in the toughest group with only the top two teams progressing to the knockout stage. They have been drawn against Bayern Munich, Juventus and Valerenga.