Man City starter vs Newcastle confirmed as Arsenal suffer Bukayo Saka injury blow

Manchester City extended their perfect start to the season with a hard-fought 2-0 win at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Goals from Phil Foden and Erling Haaland put City two up inside 14 minutes, with a repeat of last season's 6-0 drubbing on the cards. However, Rodri's loss of composure saw him sent off for shoving Morgan Gibbs-White in the throat and Pep Guardiola's side spent the second half with 10 men.

They held on for a clean sheet, however, and go into Wednesday's Carabao Cup third round tie at Newcastle United off the back of eight consecutive wins across all competitions. Guardiola might hope to rotate in midweek and could welcome back a few of his injured players.

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Here are your Tuesday evening Manchester City headlines.

Newcastle team news

Kalvin Phillips will start for City against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup, while Mateo Kovacic is back from injury and will play some part.

City have a number of ongoing injury concerns, and Guardiola said he would have to rest some regulars for the Carabao Cup third-round tie in order to help them recover.

Previewing the game, Guardiola confirmed that Phillips would start at St James' Park with Rodri suspended, while Ederson is likely to sit out as he usually does in the domestic cup competitions in place of Stefan Ortega.

See what the Blues boss had to say here.

Saka injury concern

Arsenal could be left sweating on the fitness of Bukayo Saka for their clash with Manchester City next month after Mikel Arteta confirmed his winger suffered a foot problem in Sunday's 2-2 draw against Tottenham.

Saka starred in a