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Nineteen-year-old midfielder Cole Palmer makes his first Premier League start for Manchester City.

Ruben Dias drops to the bench and is replaced by Aymeric Laporte, who returns from suspension.

Kevin de Bruyne has tested positive for Covid, so is out, as is Jack Grealish with a minor injury. Gabriel Jesus also drops to the bench and in comes Raheem Sterling.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Sterling, Gundogan, Laporte, Rodri, Silva, Cancelo, Foden, Palmer

Substitutes: Steffen, Carson, Dias, Ake, Jesus, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Mahrez, McAtee

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Everton are unchanged from their 0-0 draw with Tottenham. Mason Holgate, who was sent off after coming on as a late substitute against Spurs, starts a suspension.

Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Allan, Richarlison, Delph, Gray, Digne, Townsend, Godfrey, Coleman, Gordon

Substitutes: Begovic, Kenny, Iwobi, Tosun, Gbamin, Branthwaite, Rondon, Simms, Onyango

No doubt about the big story of the day but we also have two games to bring you. Here's team news from the first of those.

UtdBlitz: What's wrong is still at the club! The circus continues. They've put a coach in charge who has been working under two failed managers & instead of appointing a replacement they are looking for another interim like it's the X Factor!

Louis Saha
Ex-Man Utd & Everton striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

Solskjaer has been saved too many times by individual players. Individuals made it look like Manchester United could come back in games.

Solskjaer couldn’t get that consistency or total discipline. Back in the days you would have seen players so upset mentally with the first half at Watford. I don’t see that now. That’s the problem, why he ultimately got the sack.

Louis Saha
Ex-Man Utd & Everton striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

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I’m sad for my former team-mate. I’m also sad for the players and the fans. This isn’t great.

This is a difficult moment, but it could be the shock that this club needs.

Solskjaer did a tremendous job in bringing back the fighting spirit and right attitude.

Matty: If Manchester United go for Brendan Rodgers, that’s a massive downgrade. They might as well keep Ole.

Jonathan Woodgate
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

For me I give it to Zinedine Zidane. As a manager, three Champions League titles is really good going. He doesn’t get enough credit as a manager, everyone remembers him as a player.

Who would be prepared to give Cristiano Ronaldo the hairdryer treatment? The two had unbelievable success together at Madrid.

Jonathan Woodgate
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

I felt sorry for Solskjaer after the Liverpool game more than anything. We got beat by Leeds 4-0 when I was the Middlesbrough manager. It’s an absolutely horrible feeling.

Maybe Solskjaer would have wanted this. The pressure he would’ve been under after the Watford loss would have been horrendous.

The manner of how they were getting defeated, plus the manner of response from his players, there was no response.

Declan Dahlberg: Ole is not a great manager but he has been let down by “world class” players on a consistent basis, almost feel bad for the man.

Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

Last season United finished second. Bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho I expected them to get better. They haven’t, they actually got worse.

Manchester United have the resources. They could finish this season with the FA Cup and a good run in the Champions League.

Gez Prior: Manchester United's players have not been good enough. Driving around in their big Jeeps thinking they've made it playing for United. This group except for Ronaldo aren't fit to tie the laces of former greats at this club.

Jonathan Woodgate
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

If you look at the players Manchester United have, they can’t be performing like that. They've got world class players. Internationals who aren’t performing.

At the end of the day, the buck stops with the manager. They don’t look like an organised team. Against Liverpool and Manchester City they were just chasing shadows.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer leaves with Manchester United seventh in the table - six points off the top four.

United will drop to ninth today if Everton win at Manchester City and Tottenham beat Leeds United in Antonio Conte's first Premier League home game in charge of Spurs.

United have the joint-third worst defensive record in the league behind struggling Norwich City and Newcastle United.

Dean: Sorry to see Ole go, but very glad to see him leave. I wish it could have worked, good luck sir, but now we look forward to winning."

Rio Ferdinand has given his verdict to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's sacking.

"This was inevitable the way the team has gone backwards after a very, very excitable transfer window," the six-time Manchester United Premier League winner tells BT Sport.

"It's unfortunate for a man like Ole but it's the way football goes."

Christian Smit: Ole was given too much time, more than others before him. His players stopped playing for him ages ago. They must be ashamed of themselves. At least they have two other Man Utd legends that can take over, win two games and then stay there for 3 years.

In his last interview as Manchester United boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he took "responsibility" after they played the "worst" first half of football during their 4-1 defeat at Watford on Saturday.