Manchester City have lost their last two games to Liverpool and Juventus, while goalkeeper Joe Hart and right-back Pablo Zabaleta have joined the club's injury list.

"Pablo Zabaleta is out for around 10 days – he has the same injury in the ligament in his knee. He needs a treatment now," said City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he prepares his side to face Southampton on Saturday.

"Joe Hart's is not a very serious injury but it is a muscle injury and it is important for him to recover well.

"I never complain about players who are injured - that is why we have a squad. I have confidence in [Hart's replacement] Willy Caballero."

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Brian Robinson:, external Boro bargains. Top three, Juninho, Juninho, Juninho. (only trophy and two finals in a year to prove it). Worst, Alfonso Alves.

PJH Law:, external Crystal Palace bargain has to be Glenn Murray on a free from Brighton. Worst is Ivan Kaviedes, £2mil for 4 games and no goals.

Henry Walmsley:, external I think Mitroglou classifies as a fairly poor panic buy for Fulham. 14 odd million and didn't play a full 90 minutes let alone score.

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says his team will play every match as if "we are fighting for the title". 

The reigning champions have made an atrocious start to the season and face Tottenham on Sunday. 

"The reality is that we need points," he said. "We are all focused on doing our job the best we can. The only thing we can do is try to get the maximum amount of points.

"Chelsea is a big club, big clubs have difficult moments and cope with them. They try to build to have good moments again."

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There's good news for Chelsea fans because goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois - who injured his knee in September - could return to action next month. 

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"Back to back defeats by Liverpool and Juventus have made it a week to forget for Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini, but his side have already qualified for the Champions League knockout stage and will return to the top of the Premier League tomorrow if they beat Southampton at home.

"That hasn't stopped speculation that City could be lining up an audacious bid to replace manager Manuel Pellegrini with Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola next summer, and reunite the former Barcelona boss with Lionel Messi, who would be paid £800,000 a week to make the switch.

"Can't see Pellegrini being happy talking about his own job, but the thought of recruiting one of the world's best players? We shall find out...."

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said John Terry did not train today but hopes his captain can feature against Tottenham on Sunday after injuring his ankle against Maccabi Tel Aviv. 

"Today JT didn't train but we have a little hope it's possible (that he plays). I have complete trust in Cahill and Zouma," said Mourinho. 

The Portuguese added that he was also uncertain whether Ramires would be fit to feature this weekend. 

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The Jamaican sprint king won three gold medals at the World Championships, putting his great rival Justin Gatlin in the shade.

Do you think Usain’s worthy of your vote ahead of Dan Carter, Novak Djokovic, Katie Ledecky, Jordan Spieth and Serena Williams? Well you can vote here.

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What a way to sign off your All Blacks career… by winning the man of the match award in the World Cup final. That’s the fairytale Dan Carter scripted and played out.

Is Dan worthy of your vote ahead of Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic, Katie Ledecky, Jordan Spieth and Serena Williams? Well you can support him here. 

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Australian Open? Tick. Wimbledon? Tick. US Open? Tick. Novak Djokovic continues to sweep all before him in the tennis world.

Do you feel Novak deserves to be voted as Overseas Personality ahead of Usain Bolt, Dan Carter, Katie Ledecky, Jordan Spieth and Serena Williams? Well, you can vote here. 

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What were you doing when you were 18? Probably not spending the calendar year winning five world titles and smashing two world records.

Do you feel Katie deserves to be voted as Overseas Personality ahead of Usain Bolt, Dan Carter, Novak Djokovic, Jordan Spieth and Serena Williams? Well, you can vote here.

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There’s a new golfing legend in the making in the shape of Jordan Spieth. He showed his Masters win was no fluke by clinching the US Open title a few weeks later. 

Do you feel Jordan deserves to be voted as Overseas Personality ahead of Usain Bolt, Dan Carter, Novak Djokovic, Katie Ledecky and Serena Williams? Well, you can vote here.

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What else can we say about Serena? She continues to dominate tennis with ruthless efficiency – adding three more Grand Slams to her incredible CV in 2015.

Do you feel Serena deserves to be voted as Overseas Personality ahead of Usain Bolt, Dan Carter, Novak Djokovic, Katie Ledecky and Jordan Spieth? Well, you can vote here.

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Who has been your Overseas Sports Personality of the Year? Ssshhh… don’t tell us, just vote here instead.

There are six options for you to choose from and the winner will be announced before the main Sports Personality of the Year show on 20 December: Usain Bolt (athletics), Dan Carter (rugby union), Novak Djokovic (tennis), Katie Ledecky (swimming), Jordan Spieth (golf) and Serena Williams (tennis).

You will need to sign up to BBC iD to vote, but if you do so now, you will also be ready to vote for the main Sports Personality of the Year award when voting opens.

Get voting via this link.

Live coverage of the opening day of Great Britain's Davis Cup final with Belgium has started. They're currently talking about Tintin and other famous Belgians...

Click here to follow the match between Kyle Edmund and David Goffin.

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World number one Jordan Spieth is four shots behind leader Matthew Jones after two rounds of the Australian Open.

American Spieth shot a three-under-par 68 to move three under for the tournament and into a share of third place in Sydney.

Jones followed his first-round 67 with a 68 to open up a three-shot advantage over fellow Australian Todd Sinnott.

Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke trails Jones by seven strokes after carding a four-under-par 67 to move to level.

Englishman Lee Westwood is also at level par after a one-over 72 at the Australian Golf Club, while last-placed China's Weiyu Zhu followed his opening-round 92 with an 85 to close on 35 over par.

The first match of the Davis Cup final between Great Britain and France starts at 12:30 GMT and Mayor of London Boris Johnson is getting excited about it. 

India have beaten South Africa inside three days to win the third Test of their four match series. The highest individual score of the match was 40 but former England captain Michael Vaughan is not blaming the pitch in Nagpur...

Deepak Krishnan:, external My club Arsenal best purchase - Dennis Bergkamp; worst purchase - Sebastian Squillaci

Max Baggins-Craig:, external Man Utd's worst: am stuck between Anderson & Bebe, Alex panicked to fill the midfield & neither of these two were the answer.

Joe:, external Sunderland AFC: Best purchase - Gardner and Larsson from Birmingham in 2011 Worst panic buy - Coates from Liverpool in 2015.

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