Manchester City held an open training session in Shanghai today just hours after finally landing in China for the start of their pre-season tour. “We couldn’t fly for reasons that were out of our control, so instead of training here we trained in Manchester,” Guardiola said. Newcastle v Wolves - Wednesday, 11am BSTMan City v West Ham - Wednesday, 11am BST3rd place play-off - Saturday, 11am BSTFinal - Saturday, 1.30pm BST“I hate finding excuses. He will play his first game tomorrow.”Fabian Delph was not with City squad having completed his move to Everton earlier this week. Guardiola said: “The aim now is to prepare the team, win tomorrow against West Ham and play well.

Source: Irish Examiner July 16, 2019 15:00 UTC