Pep Guardiola reacts to prospect of Liverpool FC's possible eight-point gap after Man City draw at Leeds

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Love & Marriage franchise is coming to the DMV. OWN has announced that Love & Marriage: D.C., the first spin off of its successful unscripted series Love & Marriage: Huntsville, will begin airing on the network this spring. Real Housewives of Potomac alum Monique Samuels will be making her return to reality television on the series as the central character, appearing with her husband Chris Samuels.

Anna Williamson spoke about her concerns once she discovered she was pregnant during the filming of Channel 4’s Celebs Go Dating, in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.The star has teamed up with Virgin Money to highlight the importance of equal family leave for working parents through their new employee benefits package ‘A Life More Virgin’.Anna, 40, has now addressed her own worries about falling pregnant with her second child during the filming process of Celebs Go Dating. The star, who is a huge advocate for fair and equal family leave, has praised Channel 4, calling them “amazing” for the way they handled her news. “This job has been such a gift for me; it really is my most favourite job and I’ve been blessed to have some lovely jobs,” she began.“It's so lovely that we all feel very much part of a little family, where we come together for several months a year and we make this very entertaining and very worthwhile show, and I just feel very lucky.”Despite loving working on the show, the dating expert recalled her fears when she discovered she was pregnant on the job, admitting she wasn’t sure whether to share her news with her employer at first. “There was a moment, when I fell pregnant with my daughter during the beginning of my second series, of, ‘Oh gosh, oh no - I hope they don't think I don't want the job anymore!’“I was worried they would think that I wouldn’t be capable of doing the job and that fear definitely did go through me, but it's an amazing duty of care.”She continued: “I was eight weeks pregnant with my daughter, and I hadn't told anybody - other than my husband, anyway, and I remember thinking, ‘Gosh, I don't know what to say’. “I didn't want to actually admit it straight away, because lots

Manchester City a huge boost after returning to training ahead of schedule.Aguero underwent knee surgery in June after damaging ligaments during City's 5-0 win over Burnley.The operation ruled Aguero out of the final stages of City's Champions League campaign in Lisbon, as well as the start of the new domestic season.The Argentine ace was expected to be sidelined until November, with City boss Pep Guardiola admitting the striker struggles to recover as quickly as other stars.But it has emerged that Aguero, 32, is recovering ahead of schedule and could be available again following the international break.City's all-time leading scorer could be among the substitutes for his side's Premier League clash at home to Arsenal on October 17.His

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola has indicated that Ruben Dias's character was an important factor in Manchester City deciding to make him their new club record signing. The Blues paid £65.2m for the centre-back from Benfica, although they did get £13.7m for Nicolas Otamendi to go the other way.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Sunday, October 4.Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola praised new signing Ruben Dias after the centre-back put in a fine performance on his debut against Leeds United.As he only joined the Blues last week for a club-record £65.2 million and they were facing an aggressive and attacking Leeds team, it seemed unlikely that he would be thrown straight in.But Guardiola explained that he had "no choice" but to play him as John Stones had only just returned to training after 10 days out injured, while Eric Garcia has hamstring "niggles".Portugal international Dias lined up alongside Aymeric Laporte, with Stones and Nathan Ake on the bench.Guardiola said: “He made his debut

Man City reacted to their shock 5-2 defeat to Leicester last weekend by forking out £65million on new centre-back Ruben Dias - who was thrown straight in for his debut at Leeds on Saturday.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola said a decision will be made on Ruben Dias before today's trip to Leeds, but Manchester City fans are clear that the new signing should start at Elland Road. Dias, who signed for City on Tuesday, has trained three times with his new teammates, while Aymeric Laporte returned to play 90 minutes at Burnley in the Carabao Cup for his first football of the season.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has waded into the handball debate by claiming the current law is "quite ridiculous".The decision by football's lawmaking body Ifab to penalise any handball, if the arm is away from the body, has caused a storm of controversy.The decision to award a penalty to Newcastle when Andy Carroll's header ricocheted off the arm of Tottenham defender Eric Dier brought widespread condemnation. And with Brighton's Neal Maupay being similarly penalised in a incident against Manchester United, the noise for some action to be taken has grown.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has hailed Leeds boss as the person he admires most in world football. The Manchester City boss takes his team to Elland Road tomorrow for a clash which many think could be a classic between two teams who only know how to attack.

Don't wait 30 years - sign up for our daily football email newsletter today!Jamie Redknapp has revealed his verdict on how he sees the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw playing out.Arsenal face Manchester City in the pick of the ties after seeing off Liverpool and Burnley respectively, while Manchester United, who beat Brighton travel to Everton, who knocked out West Ham.Meanwhile, Stoke also host Tottenham, and Newcastle will travel to Championship side Brentford for a chance to reach the semi-finals.Having seen the draw play out, Redknapp admits that seeing Mikel Arteta face his former mentor Pep Guardiola is the match up that stands out.And the former Liverpool midfielder also gave the lowdown on all three other ties.“Great draws,” he told

straight to your inboxMarcelo Bielsa says Pep Guardiola could definitely be successful in any division, with or without a lot of transfer funds, just like he has been at Leeds.Guardiola takes his Manchester City side to Elland Road on Sunday to take on Bielsa's Leeds, with the pre-match build up understandably focussing on the relationship between the two managers. And while Bielsa says he is not a mentor to Guardiola, he gave a detailed answer when discussing what makes the City boss so special, and a short one when asked if the Catalan could be successful without money.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola had Manchester City fans wondering if the squad had been hit by a serious Covid-19 outbreak in his post-match interview last night.The Blues boss was asked about his team’s display in the 3-0 win at Burnley and gave a stock answer about the team playing well and how important it was to keep a clean sheet after the 5-2 home defeat by Leicester.But he then added: “We are still far away from our best because we’re not training much.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says Manchester City's first-teamers wanted to play against Burnley after suffering a humbling Premier League defeat to Leicester. After a winning start away to Wolves, a week that began with such optimism ended in crushing defeat as they lost 5-2 at the Ethad.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says Cole Palmer has a bright future at Manchester City after making his debut for the club. The 18-year-old was bumped up to first-team training when the players returned after lockdown and has stayed with them for this season.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is missing the influence of Mikel Arteta since his former assistant left the club to become Arsenal manager. That's the view of former West Ham striker Carlton Cole, who believes Arteta played a key role in developing good players into great players at City.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says Leicester's gameplan led Manchester City players to believe they weren't playing well in the first half, leading to them being picked off on the counter-attack. Riyad Mahrez gave the Blues the perfect start in their third game of the week and season as he rocketed in a loose ball in the box to put them ahead in the fourth minute of the game.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola claims his response to Manchester City 's worst home defeat for 17 years was to remind them how good they are. City fell apart after dominating Leicester early in their Premier League meeting, and taking the lad through a stunning Riyad Mahrez strike.

Manchester City are on the brink of signing Benfica defender Ruben Dias, it has been claimed.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Sunday, 27 September.Delap in contention as Jesus injury adds to City’s striking woesManchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been discussing his limited striking options ahead of Sunday’s game against Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium.With club-record scorer Sergio Aguero one of seven first-teamers to miss the opening Premier League game at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Gabriel Jesus led the line and scored in a 3-1 win.

straight to your inboxGabriel Jesus has added to Manchester City's injury woes as he has been ruled out for a month with a knock picked up against Wolves.Jesus missed the midweek Carabao Cup win over Bournemouth, with young striker Liam Delap coming in and scoring a fine goal on his debut. But former Premier League winners Leicester are a different proposition to a Championship side in the League Cup.With Jesus and Sergio Aguero out, however, City have no senior recognised striker available, and Pep Guardiola says he only has 13 fit players to pick from.Aymeric Laporte and Aleks Zinchenko have rejoined training, although Guardiola has previously said the pair will still need some time to return.