Sam Lee

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

Trent Alexander-Arnold's announcement that he would leave Liverpool this summer sparked all manner of different thoughts, emotions and reactions, with some of the tremors even reaching Manchester City. Alexander-Arnold is destined for Real Madrid but the move abroad means he will no longer go up against Jeremy Doku quite as regularly, disappointing a section of City supporters after Doku's 'success' against the England right-back.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

When Erling Haaland got injured, the big question around Manchester City was simple: how would Pep Guardiola replace their biggest goal threat by far? There were two main ideas. The first and most obvious was that Omar Marmoush would replace Haaland almost like-for-like. The Egyptian can make runs in behind opposition defences and had, at that point, scored five league goals since he signed in January.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

Manchester City's march continues. Their bid to seal Champions League qualification for next season remains in rude health after Kevin De Bruyne fired them to a 1-0 victory over Wolves. Pep Guardiola's side played one of the classics as De Bruyne, who is departing the Etihad Stadium at the end of the season and is being targeted by MLS side Chicago Fire, crashed the Wolves box to sweep home the only goal of the game from Jeremy Doku's cutback with 35 minutes on the clock.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

Manchester City are preparing to continue their squad overhaul by bringing in four or five new players this summer. Having brought in two centre-backs, a holding midfielder and a versatile forward in January, City are looking to strengthen in other areas, with a goalkeeper, full-back and creative midfielders among the targets. Progress has already been made towards bringing in some of their first choices and further meetings have been held this week to finalise their plans.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

One of the things Pep Guardiola says he could have done differently this season is to have picked Manchester City's young players when the team was struggling most. The way Nico O'Reilly and Rico Lewis shone at Wembley on Sunday suggests that really should have happened, although it is not quite as simple as that. "They are players who always perform well," Guardiola said of the duo after City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0. "Both have been extraordinary. They played really, really good.