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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola could turn to the much-maligned Eliaquim Mangala against Southampton on Wednesday as the Catalan attempts to manage Vincent Kompany’s fitness.
The City skipper has returned to the team recently but with 11 games to contend with in five weeks, Mangala will get his chance to prove himself as John Stones is out injured.
Mangala spent last season on loan at Valencia and almost left in the summer as City chased Jonny Evans, but now he finally could get a run in the team under Guardiola.
“He’s a player with a lot of experience,” Guardiola said. "I’m really impressed with his behaviour in the training sessions. He didn’t play regularly until now but he always accepts that and he is always helping.
“For a manager, for a club, for the environment that is so important. He has specific qualities and in this league it’s important. We are going to use him. We believe we need him. He’s a player for us and he is going to stay here.”
Guardiola will come up against former Barcelona team-mate Mauricio Pellegrino, who is now in charge at Southampton.
The former defender says he is surprised that Guardiola has enjoyed such success as a coach at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now City.
“I never imagined that he can achieve something like he did,” said Pellegrino.
"But obviously as soon as I arrived, Pep was one of these type of players always looking for new ideas, asking how we were training in Argentina, in different places.
“And also he had a good reading on the pitch and it’s something that after [he finished playing] he translated much better outside the pitch.”
City remain without defenders John Stones and Benjamin Mendy for the visit of Southampton.
Centre-back Stones (hamstring) is likely to be out until the end of December while Mendy (knee) is not expected to play again until April.
Eliaquim Mangala is in contention to play in central defence if captain Vincent Kompany, only recently returned from a hamstring injury, is rested.
Southampton will welcome central midfielder Oriol Romeu back from suspension.
The Spaniard sat out Sunday’s 4-1 success over Everton after being handed a one-game ban for picking up five yellow cards.
Fellow midfielder Mario Lemina returned from an ankle problem as a second-half substitute against the Toffees and came through unscathed, but defender Matt Targett (leg) remains sidelined.
Manchester City are unbeaten in seven home games against Southampton in all competitions, winning six (D1), after losing three in a row prior to that run.
Southampton have collected one point in their last six Premier League visits to the Etihad Stadium (W0 D1 L5), doing so in their 1-1 draw there last season.
Manchester City have won 37 points from their 13 matches this season - the best points total by a team at this stage of a Premier League campaign.
On the day of this match, Manchester City will have been top of the Premier League for 74 days this season - just one day fewer than they spent top in the entirety of last season.
Manchester City have scored 24 Premier League goals at home this season, double the number they’d scored after six home matches last season (12).
Saints striker Charlie Austin has had a hand in eight goals in his last 11 Premier League starts (seven goals, one assist), although he hasn’t started back to back Premier League matches since December 2016.
Sergio Aguero has had a hand in five goals in his last six Premier League appearances versus Southampton (three goals, two assists).
Aguero has now scored in six successive Premier League appearances (eight goals) and has assisted three more goals during this run for Manchester City.
Raheem Sterling has scored 12 goals in 18 appearances for Manchester City this season; his best-ever goal return in a single club season (all comps).
Only versus Aston Villa (6) has Shane Long scored more Premier League goals than against Manchester City (4). The Irishman has found the net in each of his last two starts against City in the Premier League.
I thought Southampton were good against Everton. The one thing they are is good at is at the back - and on Sunday they scored goals too. But Man City are just relentless and even on Sunday they just kept going and going and going and in the end they just nicked the win - so I am going to go for City.
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PIERRE-Emile Hojbjerg knows he will succeed whether it be at Southampton Football Club or not – but he continues to be deeply motivated to prove himself at St Mary’s.
The 22-year-old’s world changed forever 10 weeks ago when he became a father for the first time, to his daughter Rosa. Something that, for him, is “priceless and difficult to explain”.
But while the responsibility of fatherhood has altered the Danish midfielder’s perspective on life – and considerably reduced the amount of sleep he’s getting – there is a fire burning in his belly.
Hojbjerg has been out the team, but was handed his first opportunity to impress Mauricio Pellegrino in the 4-1 win over Everton on Sunday, playing the full match.
He laid on a superb display and, while it had Saints fans cooing with delight, it’s something that Hojbjerg had been waiting for, having played just six minutes of football prior to the Toffees win.
“People say ‘he’s been gone, he’s been struggling’… I don’t even know what they say but I was preparing myself for this situation, for the opportunity,” he told the Daily Echo.
“If that day came I knew that every single day I have trained hard, I have done my stuff, played with the under-23s and prepared to do what I do best in high quality and high intensity – in every aspect of the game, mentally, physically and technically.
“After that, I knew if I kept on going and doing what I do best, and I know I’m not allowed to say it, but Southampton FC wouldn’t be the club for me and I know eventually I’ll succeed somewhere else.
“I am good enough and that is something I believe in and something I know because I do my stuff every single day.
“You have good team-mates around you. I have older players supporting me, I have them talking to me, coaching me a little bit in the dressing room.
“They come to me and help me and that makes it easier.”
Hojbjerg, who moved to Saints from Bayern Munich last summer for £12.8m, is philosophical about his struggles with regular football and won’t be drawn into conclusions over whether he made the right choice in coming to St Mary’s.
“In the end there’s never a right or wrong step, there’s always learning and becoming better,” he said.
“But when I look back on my career, in 15 years when I’m 37, I’ve had my last game of 700 in my career, I put my boots in the closet then say ‘thank you, football player, next step’, then I will look back and see whether it’s a good step or a bad step.
“Listen, this is how I think, every day is a lesson and then that comes with situations which aren’t funny, but each situation is an opportunity.
“You need to take that opportunity and get the best of out of it. I’ve learned a lot from it, I’ve done my stuff; I’ve been at it every single day. I’ve done my extra work on my days off.
“It’s like something you’d read in a sportsman’s book, but you need to put in extra work, you need to keep ready. You need to keep fit, because one day the club will need you.
“If you’re not ready, then who will they look at? Not the coach, not the players – you. If you’re not ready it’s your own mistake.
“It’s about yourself, it’s about keeping ready and it’s about doing your stuff. But then you need to keep going and, like I say, [Everton] was another step.
“I don’t say I’ll play [tomorrow at Manchester City], I don’t say I’ll play Saturday and in the end, if you’re not playing a lot, you stop expecting to be in it.
“Then, suddenly a certain amount of disappointment goes away because you are waiting for opportunities and you’re taking everything good in what you do and you’re not having expectations.
“Yes, I want to play, yes, I’m good enough to play, but does it mean I should play? Does it mean I expect to play?
“The coach makes the team and I’m showing him every single day that I’m ready. I’m showing every single day that he can count on me and then I’m happy that I could show him on the pitch that he could count on me.
“But when you have good team-mates around you, with your team-mates doing well, then it becomes easier.
“It’s good for me as a young player to have Ryan (Bertrand), Virgil (van Dijk), Cedric, Dusan (Tadic) – players you can speak to and can give you advice.
“That is quality players who can give you something.”
Hojbjerg has learned a lot about himself since joining Saints.
“I’ve shown what I can do and that was one step. Next time, I want to show what I can do again,” he said. “If that doesn’t work out, I want to show again the week after.
“It’s just step by step and the most important thing right now is to play football and, if it’s not at Southampton, then it’s somewhere else.
“I know I’m not allowed to say it from a club perspective but this is how it is.
“I have been happy here, I have learned a lot, not only about the club and about English football, but about myself.
“I’ve an amazing knowledge of what I can do and in which tempo I can play. That is what I’m grateful for and, like I said, footballers want to play football.
“My life is my family but I’m a football player.
“If I tell you as a journalist that you’re not allowed to do interviews, then what? Then you cannot do your job.
“I want to play football. I work every single day, I do what I can do, I try my best, I know if it’s not good enough here, I know it’s good enough for somewhere else.
“I know I will succeed, how far I will go, where I will go and how I will do it but only time can tell that. I believe in my qualities and I believe in my ability.
“In the end it’s about the mind set and if the mindset is hungry you can go where you want to go.”
Is the transfer window on his mind, then?
“Right now, I’m 100 per cent a Southampton player and January and the summer is a long time away, so I’m not thinking about that at all,” he said.
What is on his mind is his new paternal responsibilities.
“It’s amazing. It’s the best thing in my life,” he says.
He continued: “Of course, there is something else in life that is suddenly more important than yourself … suddenly you’re not the main thing.
“Everything is not just about you. Before, everything was about myself… ‘what can I do to help myself? What can I do for myself, myself myself.
“But suddenly you put yourself away and you do everything for someone else and that is actually a great feeling, an amazing feeling.
“I love my daughter, I love my girlfriend and I’m a happy father. It doesn’t mean I’m a happy football player.
“I’m a happy family man and at the end of the day also a success.”
Has fatherhood changed his perspective on football?
“In different ways, yes,” he said. “Because when you leave the training ground you are a family man, you are a father.
“You are not home and being alone on the couch and thinking ‘f ** hell, the training’ or 'damn it the coach didn’t do this, my team-mate didn’t do that, or I didn’t do this’.
“All the questions that suddenly hit you usually you come home and see the little one there and, if you’ve done badly, she still needs to eat, a change of nappy and sleep.
“That gives you some sort of living in the moment and just enjoying what you have.
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(Reuters) - Southampton midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has spoken of how hard work and determination have given him the self-belief he can succeed at the top level and helped him overcome the doubts that accompany an extended spell out of the team.
Signed from Bayern Munich in July 2016, Hojbjerg has spent most of the current season warming the bench, but handed a first league start against Everton on Sunday, he excelled at the base of midfield as the Saints ran out 4-1 winners.
In an interview with the Southern Daily Echo, the 22-year-old spoke about his confidence that he would thrive irrespective of whether his future lay at Southampton or elsewhere.
”I’ve learned a lot from it,“ he said in reference to his lack of game time. ”I’ve done my stuff, I’ve been at it every single day. I’ve done my extra work on my days off.
“You need to keep fit, because one day the club will need you… If you’re not ready it’s your own mistake.”
Hojbjerg, who only played six minutes of first-team football this season before the Everton game, was praised by many of Southampton’s fans for his performance, but is taking nothing for granted ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Manchester City.
“I don’t say I’ll play (at Manchester City), I don’t say I’ll play Saturday and in the end, if you’re not playing a lot, you stop expecting to be in it,” he added.
“It’s just step by step and the most important thing right now is to play football and, if it’s not at Southampton, then it’s somewhere else. I know I‘m not allowed to say it from a club perspective but this is how it is.”
The Dane became a father for the first time earlier this year, and said the birth of his daughter had changed his perspective on both football and life.
”It’s amazing. It’s the best thing in my life,“ he said. ”All the questions that suddenly hit you usually when you come home and see the little one there and, if you’ve done badly, she still needs to eat, a change of nappy and sleep.
“That gives you some sort of living in the moment and just enjoying what you have. It’s priceless, it’s difficult to explain.”
Victory over Everton pushed Southampton up to 10th in the table ahead of their midweek trip to league leaders City.
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Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has labelled hard work and determination as the key to overcoming the doubts that have accompanied his extended spell out of the Southampton side so far this season.
Signed from Bayern Munich in July 2016, Hojbjerg has spent most of the current season warming the bench of Mauricio Pellegrino’s side but was handed a first league start against Everton on Sunday, where he excelled at the base of midfield as the Saints ran out 4-1 winners.
In an interview with the Southern Daily Echo, the 22-year-old insisted his confidence would thrive irrespective of whether his future lay at Southampton or elsewhere.
‘I’ve learned a lot from it,’ he said in reference to his lack of game time. 'I’ve done my stuff, I’ve been at it every single day. I’ve done my extra work on my days off.
‘You need to keep fit, because one day the club will need you… If you’re not ready it’s your own mistake.’
Hojbjerg, who only played six minutes of first-team football this season before Sunday’s victory at St Mary’s, is taking nothing for granted ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Manchester City.
‘I don’t say I’ll play (at Manchester City), I don’t say I’ll play Saturday and in the end, if you’re not playing a lot, you stop expecting to be in it,’ he added.
‘It’s just step by step and the most important thing right now is to play football and, if it’s not at Southampton, then it’s somewhere else. I know I’m not allowed to say it from a club perspective but this is how it is.’
The Dane became a father for the first time earlier this year, and said the birth of his daughter had changed his perspective on his profession and life off the pitch.
‘It’s amazing. It’s the best thing in my life,’ he said. 'All the questions that suddenly hit you usually when you come home and see the little one there and, if you’ve done badly, she still needs to eat, a change of nappy and sleep.
‘That gives you some sort of living in the moment and just enjoying what you have. It’s priceless, it’s difficult to explain.’
Victory over Everton pushed Southampton up to 10th in the table ahead of their midweek trip to league leaders City.
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