Manchester City host Fulham in the Premier League

An opponent to not write off.

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00:00 Fulham at home up next in the Premier League, what do you see from that? Is it a more simple

00:07 solution this time round than when they allowed Sheffield United to get back into that game?

00:13 Can you see a bit more of a straightforward one? Fulham have proven they're no side to

00:18 write off with the point at Arsenal especially.

00:21 Yeah, and they gave City a really difficult game there last year in the Premier League.

00:26 I think it was an injury time penalty from Erling Haaland, certainly a very late penalty

00:30 from Erling Haaland which wrapped up all three points. Yeah, I think it's going to be a relatively

00:38 straightforward one for City if I'm honest. I know that Fulham have obviously recruited

00:44 Raul Jimenez this summer but I do think they're going to be weaker without Mitrovic this year.

00:49 I think they'll struggle without his presence a little bit. Obviously as you say, he got

00:53 a really good point at the weekend. I think they got four points from the first three

00:56 matches which is a decent start from them. I don't think they'll be down near the relegation

01:01 places come the end of the season but yeah, I think they're going to be closer to that

01:04 than the mid-table places they were last year. For City, I think it's just a case of trying

01:11 to roll on. They've 3-3 so far. I think they've really vantaged the chance of making it 4-4

01:17 be it obviously a fantastic start from them as they look to retain the title. They've

01:22 had a relatively kind opening run of fixtures I think if I am being brutally honest. Newcastle

01:27 being perhaps the exception to that. But yeah, I think it's well for City. I think they'll

01:32 just want to get the window sorted, window out of the way, get Pep Guardiola back, know

01:36 what squad they've got working with and right, kind of at the start of September, let's really

01:40 take this season and start going with it. If they can go into that still with 12 points

01:45 from the opening four games then they'll be even more pleased. Especially as City do tend

01:50 to start the season a bit slowly. I think it'll be a City win. I think it'll be a relatively

01:54 straightforward one. I suspect City will keep a clean sheet in it as well. You mentioned

01:58 the Kanji earlier. They've got enough defensive options, even if he's not fit, to roll into

02:05 the game without him. I think it'll be a relatively straightforward one for City.