Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his squad depth is the lowest in the Premier League after Sunday's victory over Aston Villa left his side just three points off the top.
Goals by Rodri and Ilkay Gundogan and a penalty by Riyad Mahrez sealed a 3-1 win at the end of a week in which the champions were charged with more than 100 cases of alleged financial wrongdoing by the Premier League.
Yet the Spaniard said he is working with a squad of less than 20 players as they chase league leaders Arsenal and attempt to win the Champions League for the first time. If found guilty the club, in the worst case scenario, could face a points deduction or even be relegated with Guardiola saying this week that City had already been 'condemned'.
“But we are going to London to try to get a win. When one team has reached 50 points in the first round it is because they are very good. We closed the gap today because the performance from the team was really, really good.”late goals from Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho earned Manchester United a hard-fought 2-0 victory at Leeds United.
Gaps started to appear with the deadlock broken and substitute Garnacho took advantage to put the game to bed five minutes from time, racing clear before firing home.
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