Manchester City will start without a striker against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, with Gabriel Jesus named on the bench.

City are without record goalscorer Sergio Aguero, who has undergone knee surgery after suffering an injury in Monday’s victory over Burnley, but start with Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez in a front three.

Aymeric Laporte returns to the starting XI in one of six changes; he replaces Nicolas Otamendi, Kyle Walker is in for Joao Cancelo, Benjamin Mendy comes in for Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ilkay Gundogan replaces David Silva, Sterling comes in for Aguero and De Bruyne comes in for Phil Foden.null

Skysports reports that Olivier Giroud starts again for Chelsea, as Frank Lampard makes two changes from the win over Aston Villa. Ruben Loftus-Cheek comes out, replaced by Christian Pulisic, while Ross Barkley is in for Mateo Kovacic.

Defender Fikayo Tomori is still sidelined with a muscle complaint and could be a week away from being ready to feature. Forward Callum Hudson-Odoi is back in training but not match fit so will miss out