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Foden back as unbeaten City host PSG; Maresca wants a perfect game
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📰 City, winners of every game so far this season, welcome two-time reigning European champions PSG to the Etihad.
📌 Key points
🟦 Foden is back from his domestic ban and City have no injuries.
🔴 PSG expect Dembélé and Nuno Mendes back after resting them at the weekend.
🎙️ Maresca called PSG "the best team in Europe in this moment".
⚽ Haaland has eight goals in eight games; Dembélé has scored in five straight UCL games.
👀 Pep Guardiola is expected at the Etihad.
📝 What happened
🟦 City are top of the Premier League after six straight wins and won 2-0 at Porto on matchday one. According to Sports Mole, Maresca's side have won every game in all competitions. Foden, who missed the Liverpool game to complete his domestic ban, returns, and Jérémy Doku is pushing to start after impressing off the bench at Anfield.
🔴 PSG beat Slovan Bratislava 6-1 on matchday one, with Ferran Torres scoring a hat-trick. After a slow start in Ligue 1 they have won three in a row. Senny Mayulu has a dead leg and will be assessed.
🎙️ "We need the perfect game because they are the best team in Europe in this moment," Maresca said, adding that if City play their best they can beat them. Asked how close the sides are, he admitted he did not know.
📊 By the numbers
• PSG's last four visits to City: D1 L3
• PSG v English clubs in Europe: unbeaten in 11 (W8 D3)
• City's last 25 home group/league-phase games: W21 D3 L1
• Haaland this season: 8 goals in 8 games
👀 What to watch
⚡ Haaland v PSG's defence — Haaland, with eight in eight, faces Marquinhos and Pacho. Sports Mole says he could set two new Champions League scoring records.
🎯 Dembélé's streak — Back in the side, Dembélé has scored in five straight Champions League games and could make it six.
🔄 Where Foden fits — With Rayan Cherki established at No 10, Maresca must decide where Foden plays.
🏟️ Guardiola's return — The man who led City for ten years is expected in the stands. "It is still his house," Maresca said.
🔭 Why it matters
City have kept winning since the guilty verdict, and this is the night to prove themselves against Europe's best. Kick-off is 8pm UK time on 14 October.
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