Pep Guardiola goes into the international break with his team very much a Premier League title favorite, his goal leader the Golden Boot favorite , and his Ballon d’Or winning midfielder injured again.

And he enters the break as the fastest man to 250 wins in Premier League history, joining Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, and David Moyes as the only bosses to hit that mark.

Erling Haaland scored his ninth Premier League goal in seven games this season before Rodri suffered a right leg injury in Sunday’s win over Brentford.

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The three points gained have City three points back of leaders Arsenal after Liverpool lost again to open up the top of the table.

But Rodri’s injury will be a focus of Guardiola’s comments after the

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