Manchester City

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Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva, speaking to BBC Sport: "We need to do better. We have to react [after the Chelsea draw] and perform at our level and the standards we have created over the past six or seven years.

"I have a lot of respect for Brentford. Last season they beat us twice in the league and even this season...the game two weeks ago was very complicated.

"We're going to give them the respect they deserve and try to be at our best."

Simon Stone
BBC Sport at the Etihad Stadium

Although Kevin de Bruyne being on the bench reduces Manchester City's creative abilities, they do have other options.

I always feel they are a better team with Bernardo Silva in it.

He sees the game in a way few others can and can create danger in the smallest of spaces.

With De Bruyne, defences have to watch where he is playing the ball because he is so accurate. With Bernardo, it is where he will appear.

Brentford

Ivan Toney has scored four times in five games since returning from his long ban.

Pep Guardiola described the England forward, who scored both goals as Brentford won at Manchester City last season, as a 'master' in his pre-match news conference.

"He's so dangerous. He's a master to use his body for the second ball, good finishing, you can link with him he's one of the best I've ever seen [at that]," said the City boss.

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Mike Minay
BBC Radio Manchester

Everything leads to March for Manchester City. Annoyingly, it [Chelsea result] makes March even more important. It makes Liverpool a have-to-win game but I'd take a draw right now at Anfield.

There's almost three weeks to go but talk has already started surrounding Liverpool against Manchester City at Anfield on 10 March.

Natalie Pike
We're Not Really Here podcast

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The way I see it is Manchester City are still very much in the title race, we've got the game in hand and have Liverpool and Arsenal coming up.

We've not, in my opinion, been at our best this season yet we're still in the Champions League, FA Cup and fighting for the title.

What I'm hoping is the Chelsea draw becomes a little shake that you need now and again. I'm expecting to see a big result against Brentford.

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Manchester in February can only mean one thing. Yep, it's chucking it down once again. At least the roof doesn't leak in this part of Manchester.

Scorpio09: Haaland misses as many chances as Darwin Nunez but nothing gets said about it, does it?

Another big night for body language experts everywhere. Will Erling Haaland be shooing away more television cameramen? Will the Premier League's leading scorer return to scoring form after failing to hit the net in six of his past seven appearances in all competitions?

Haaland had nine attempts last time out - as many as the whole Chelsea side managed between them.

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Manchester City

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on tonight's game and the title race: "It is an opportunity to go one point above Arsenal into second and be closer to Liverpool. The reality is since we lost to Aston Villa we didn't lose one game and the games we drew we were better.

"The games we won, we were better too. I don't know if we're going to win the Premier League. We're not satisfied with the result [against Chelsea] but it's part of the game and you have to give credit to Chelsea for what they have done.

"We have to continue to improve and focus and be in the title race."

Chris Sutton
Former Blackburn striker on BBC Radio 5 Live Monday Night Club

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The Opta super computer has Arsenal and Liverpool as more likely to go on and win the title than Manchester City, but has it not watched City over the last six seasons?

Still, I think we all expected City to go on and wipe the floor with almost everyone so for Chelsea to go there and get a point maybe, just maybe, gives Arsenal and Liverpool a little bit of a leg up at the moment. They have the slightest of advantages after City dropped points.

Jimbo: As a neutral, like most I'm hoping Liverpool win the league and give Klopp the send off he deserves. English football won't be the same without him.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank on Phil Foden, who scored a hat-trick in the reverse fixture: "For me I think he's the closest England get to a potential Ballon d'Or winner in the future as he has the potential level. He influences the game in so many ways."

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A huge night for Oscar Bobb. It's the 20-year-old's first Premier League start. His last league appearance saw him come on at Newcastle and score the winner in a five-goal thriller.

Pep Guardiola makes three changes to the Manchester City side that started the 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Saturday evening.

Kevin De Bruyne joins Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku on the bench. In come John Stones, Bernardo Silva and 20-year-old winger Oscar Bobb.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Akanji, Rodri, Bobb, Foden, Alvarez, Bernardo Silva, Haaland

Subs: Ortega, Carson, Ake, Kovacic, Doku, De Bruyne, Gomez, Nunes, Lewis

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Thomas Frank also makes three alterations to the Brentford team beaten 4-1 by Liverpool.

Yoane Wissa and Frank Onyeka start for the first time since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations, while Mathias Jorgensen is also recalled.

Neal Maupay, Nathan Collins and Mathias Jensen drop to the bench.

Brentford XI: Flekken, Onyeka, Ajer, Mee, Roerslev, Jorgensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Reguilon, Toney, Wissa

Subs: Strakosha, Maupay, Jensen, Ghoddos, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Baptiste, Yarmoliuk

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Who's starting and who has been benched? Team news is dropping any second now...

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Anyone else getting excited about the title race?

Will Manchester City run away with it once again or will Jurgen Klopp deliver the ultimate leaving gift for Liverpool? Will Arsenal win it for the first time in 20 years?

And what about Aston Villa and Tottenham. Will they keep pushing to the end?

We'd love to hear your thoughts. Let us know the usual way.

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