Man City will want to kick on in the coming months so they can move clear of Arsenal. Next up for Guardiola’s team is a trip to face Nottingham Forest.

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Amos Pieper and Marvin Ducksch both came through the academy at Borussia Dortmund but play in different positions. While Pieper looks to prevent the opposition from scoring goals, Ducksch tries to score them for Werder. They spoke to WERDER.de together during the training camp in Zillertal.

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RBL head coach Marco Rose discusses last night’s friendly against Udinese and his first impressions of the new signings

The 2G rules mean that only those fully vaccinated or with full recovery (no longer than six months ago) can attend. People who cannot be vaccinated due to medical reasons are not exempt and must show a valid medical certificate and show a negative PCR test.

VfL Wolfsburg beat Bundesliga rivals SC Freiburg 3-2 on Saturday in their second pre-season friendly ahead of the 2023/24 campaign. In a game split into two 60-minute halves, goals from Maximilian Breunig (22’) and Mika Baur (66’) put Freiburg ahead before efforts from Maximilian Philipp (76’), Lukas Nmecha (penalty, 78’) and Tiago Tomas (87’) earned the Wolves a comeback victory. 

He said: “Over the two games – of course, the derby is a different importance, I’m well aware of that – taking three points, I think most people would go, ‘OK, that’s a reasonable start’.

Gregor Kobel: “There are five games remaining in which we will be pushed hard. We want to focus on ourselves in the last few games. The fans were there, they spurred us on. It’s almost never easy in games like this, but you choose to do this job for such moments. It’s a huge joy to be able to play games like this at home.”