straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has stayed true to his word and recalled John Stones to his Manchester City starting line-up for tonight's clash with Newcastle.
Stones has not played for City since March, when he started the Carabao Cup final win over Aston Villa and the FA Cup win at Sheffield Wednesday three days later.
He suffered a small injury when City returned to training following the lockdown, which has prevented him being match fit until now, and Guardiola used his pre-match press conference to confirm the England defender would start.
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