Pep Guardiola says his Man City players have 'lost joy' despite Burnley thumping

Middle-earth has never looked so good. Amazon has given a sneak peek at its highly anticipated, highly expensive “Lord of the Rings” prequel series “The Rings of Power” — and its very attractive cast look more at home in Hollywood than they do in Hobbiton. After debuting a teaser trailer last month, the studio has now shared snaps of the show’s sexy stars with Vanity Fair, including an alluring portrait of Welsh beauty Morfydd Clark, 32.

Anna Delvey, who swindled New York’s elite out of hundreds of thousands of dollars  – if only the show had faith in its own premise. Now streaming on Netflix, “Inventing Anna” is based on a viral 2018 New York Magazine article about Delvey (nee Sorokin), 31 — Russian-born and raised in Germany — who defrauded banks, hotels and acquaintances while posing as a trust-fund heiress in New York between 2013-2017. She was convicted for multiple accounts of grand larceny, indicted in 2017 and incarcerated from 2019-2021. Helmed by Shonda Rhimes and starring Julia Garner (“Ozark”) — a skilled actress who seems to have been given bad directing to hide behind a distracting marble-mouthed accent to play Delvey — “Inventing Anna” is a bloated affair, with episodes regularly clocking in at over an hour, which feels punishing.

Luke Bryan has a special surprise in store for him on the opening night of his US tour  - wife Caroline has brought along a new fan.MORE: Luke Bryan receives outpour of love as he shares bittersweet message"Fireball the monkey is ready for opening night!" she captioned a picture of her with a large stuffed monkey that wears a grey sweater with a red hood that reads: "Wild about you."WATCH: Luke Bryan surprised on stage by wife Caroline in sweet videoCaroline was on a private jet with girlfriends as they headed to Las Vegas for the opening night, and she also shared a picture of Luke smoking a cigar and giving Fireball a cuddle."You three have a blast opening night. It is going to be epic," commented one fan as others shared laughing emojis and one wrote: "I absolutely love that you brought him!! You’re awesome!"MORE: Luke Bryan gets fans talking with rare pictureThe Raised Up Right tour kicks off on Friday 11 February in Las Vegas and alongside a teaser image of the upcoming gigs, the American Idol judge wrote: "My favorite place to be is on stage performing to country music fans.

Kendrick Lamar is a hip hop music superstar, who will certainly gain a new legion of fans with his highly anticipated Super Bowl LVI halftime show alongside his iconic peers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Eminem. On the way to him becoming a household name, the 34-year-old rapper, songwriter and producer has accomplished the unthinkable feat of earning 13 Grammys, a Brit Award, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and an Academy Award nomination! In case you missed that, yes, Kendrick won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his recording of Damn.

Greetings, lovers! John Legend, 43, has a seductive new offer just in time for Valentine’s Day, and it involves him sleeping beside you and whispering into your ear…platonically, of course! In a new Super Bowl commercial for mindfulness company Headspace, John invites fans to “sleep with him” just in time for Valentine’s day, by listening to the soothing Sleepcast he recorded for Headspace’s app.

Phil Foden is already known affectionately by Manchester City fans as the 'Stockport Iniesta'.

Marseille boss Andre Villas-Boas reckons Manchester City's squad is so good their B-team could win the Champions League.

Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo has revealed that he disagrees with Jurgen Klopp that five substitutes should be allowed in the Premier League.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has left Aymeric Laporte out of the starting XI for the fourth game in a row, with a pairing of Ruben Dias and John Stones favoured for the clash with Fulham.

straight to your inboxSergio Aguero says he is feeling better day by day, as he made his return to Manchester City training this week.Aguero has missed the last two games after suffering a setback on his return from injury after the Olympiacos away fixture in the Champions League. He had come back from his knee surgery in October, but the injury to Gabriel Jesus at the time required Aguero to start three games in a week.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says Manchester City need to take their Champions League dead rubber seriously if they want to consider themselves a big team. The Blues confirmed top spot in the group with a drab 0-0 draw at Porto, ensuring an easier draw on paper in the last-16 of the knockout competition next year.

Manchester City failed to fire but still secured top spot in Champions League Group C after a goalless draw away to Porto on Tuesday.

straight to your inboxManchester City wonderkid Jayden Braaf has been added to FIFA 21 in the latest database update - and his potential is impressive.The latest game within EA SPORTS' mega-popular FIFA gaming franchise, FIFA 21, often gets database updates in order to change player attributes, ability, add or even remove players, to make the game as realistic as possible.But with the latest player database update, City youngster Braaf has been added to the game as a new player, the first time that the wonderkid has ever been included in any FIFA gaming title.The winger is highly-rated at City, with manager Pep Guardiola revealing that the youngster was training with the first team squad in July, but did urge caution over any assessment of

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has denied putting pressure on referees and officials from the touchline.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City morning headlines for Monday, 30 November.Guardiola calls on defenders to stamp out errorsManchester City boss Pep Guardiola has challenged his defenders to avoid making mistakes if they want to keep their place in the starting line-up. Guardiola once again opted for a central defensive pairing of John Stones and Ruben Dias in Saturday’s win over Burnley with the duo having also started last week’s Champions League victory against Olympiakos.

straight to your inboxGood morning, Manchester City fans. Here are your morning headlines for Saturday, November 28.No new signings for City in JanuaryManchester City boss Pep Guardiola does not expect new signings to be made in the January transfer window.

straight to your inboxLa Liga president Javier Tebas admits the Spanish league are working on provisional plans to account for any drop in revenue if Lionel Messi leaves Barcelona.Messi came close to ending his long association with Barcelona in the summer, but decided to stay to avoid a costly legal battle with the club he loves. Manchester City were strongly linked with Messi's signature at the time and view themselves as front-runners to land the Argentine were he to leave Catalonia.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola says no player loved football more than Diego Maradona, as he led Manchester City's tributes to the Argentina legend.Maradona has passed away at the age of 60, leading to tributes to be paid from around the world in respect of one of the greatest players to play the game.The sad news was confirmed before City's Champions League win in Olympiacos, with Guardiola paying tribute to Maradona in his post-match media commitments.Guardiola also offered his condolences to striker Sergio Aguero - who was married to Maradona’s daughter Gianinna and the pair had a son, Benjamin, before separating in 2012."First from Sergio, because his son, Diego was his grandfather," Guardiola said before offering his thoughts on

straight to your inboxKyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne are not injured, Pep Guardiola confirmed, despite them remaining at home for Manchester City's Champions League trip to Olympiacos.The senior duo have been ever-present in City's games this season, but were notable absentees in the travelling squad to Greece for City's latest Champions League group game.However, Guardiola confirmed that the decision to leave them out of the game was taken for fitness reasons, to give the experienced pair a rest ahead of the Premier League clash with Burnley this weekend."No, they are fatigued, many games, mental fatigue," Guardiola said, when asked if Walker or De Bruyne were injured."They were a little bit tired.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is targeting a move for Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish, with the Independent reporting that Guardiola discussed the player's qualities with Kevin de Bruyne.It comes after Daily Star Sport exclusively revealed earlier this month that Grealish was City's top transfer target next summer, with the club also weighing up whether to use their buy-back clause on his Villa team-mate Douglas Luiz.Grealish was heavily linked with City's rivals Manchester United last summer but the 25-year-old put pen to paper on a new five-year contract with Villa back in September.However, with Guardiola given assurances about having the necessary funds for a rebuild, City could fork out the reported £100m it would take to

straight to your inboxNo time to work on training ground - GuardiolaManchester City boss Pep Guardiola hopes his players can recapture their killer instinct in front of goal despite raising concerns over the lack of time he has with his squad on the training ground. City’s defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday means City have scored just 10 times in eight league games this season, although Champions League commitments mean the Catalan has little time to help his attack-minded players in between matches.