It’s City’s penultimate Premier League game on home soil of a phenomenal 2023, with kick-off against Roy Hodgson’s side scheduled for 15:00 (UK) on Saturday 16 December.
And it’s the last league fixture before City fly out to Saudi Arabia for the Club World Cup as the Club fight for our fifth piece of silverware in the calendar year.
The team returned to training at the City Football Academy following a 3-2 win at Red Star Belgrade to see us top our Champions League group in style.
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On his senior debut, Micah Hamilton opened up the scoring for City before Oscar Bobb and Kalvin Phillips added their names to the score sheet.
Late goals from Hwang In-Beom and Aleksandar Katai were consolations for the hosts who finished bottom of Group G.
On their return from Serbia, the team were keen to work hard in training so City could extend the winning form in the English top-flight as we chase Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa who all sit above Pep Guardiola‘s side.
Take a look at the best pictures from City’s final training session before our clash with Crystal Palace via the gallery below...
