Pep Guardiola has explained why Brazil pair Ederson and Gabriel Jesus flew straight to Belgium after playing for their country on Thursday night.
The two Blues were initially expected back in the UK on Friday, and were ruled out of Saturday’s 2-0 win over Burnley as they would be back too late to be considered.
But it emerged that City decided to fly them directly to Belgium, where they will face Club Brugge in an important Champions League group game on Tuesday night.
Zack Steffen stood in for Ederson against the Clarets, but the number one is expected to return between the sticks in a game the Blues cannot afford to lose after going down to Paris Saint-Germain last time out.
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