RB: Pablo Zabaleta
Similarly, Bacary Sagna did not provide much competition at right-back for Zabaleta, whose experience and passion will be pivotal if the Citizens are to dethrone Chelsea and regain the Premier League.
CB: Vincent Kompany
Last season was arguably the Belgian’s worst at the Etihad Stadium as injuries and a dip in form saw both he and City suffer. But Kompany has got a full pre-season under his belt and will be raring to go.
CB: Martin Demichelis
Central defence may be an area which Manuel Pellegrini will look to improve before the end of the transfer window, but, in the meantime, Demichelis will get the nod over Eliaquim Mangala.
LB: Aleksander Kolarov
Gael Clichy is out with an ankle injury, as the Daily Mail reports, and so Pellegrini has little choice but to start Kolarov despite the Serbian admitting in The Guardian that he could return to Serie A this summer.
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