Enzo Maresca had a 23-man Manchester City squad in training at the City Football Academy on Monday afternoon ahead of their UEFA Champions League meeting with FC Porto on Tuesday night.
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Manchester City come into their opening Champions League fixture high on confidence amid a 100 per cent record from the first three games of the 2026/27 Premier League season, and most recently a 1-0 win over Coventry City.
A combination play between Enzo Fernandez and Antoine Semenyo down the right-hand side saw the latter loft in an inch-perfect delivery for Erling Haaland to crash home from close-range - providing the difference between the two sides.
The visit to face FC Porto is the first of eight fixtures against different opposition for Manchester City this season amid the revamped league phase format of the UEFA Champions League.
The other three away trips that await Maresca and his players are against RB Leipzig, FC Barcelona, and RC Lens, while the four home contests are against Paris Saint-Germain, AEK Athens, Napoli, and Sporting.
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Now, ahead of the first meeting against Porto on Tuesday night, Manchester City have completed their final warm-up at the City Football Academy before boarding their flight to Portugal later on Monday afternoon.
23-man Man City squad spotted in pre-Porto training
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Geronimo Rulli, Marcus Bettinelli, Jack Wint.
Defenders: Matheus Nunes, Rico Lewis, Vitor Reis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Josko Gvardiol, Rayan Ait-Nouri.
Midfielders: Mateo Kovacic, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez, Phil Foden, Rayan Cherki.
Forwards: Ryan McAidoo, Allan Elias, Erling Haaland, Iliman Ndiaye, Antoine Semenyo.
There were four notable absentees from the open section of the Manchester City training session on Monday afternoon, with academy duo Kaden Braithwaite and Floyd Samba - promoted into the first-team - left out of the action.
It is expected that the duo will instead feature for the club's Under-19 squad as they mirror the first-team by taking on FC Porto in Portugal on Tuesday afternoon.
Elsewhere, Nico O'Reilly was not present during the session following a back problem he sustained during the warm-up ahead of Saturday's 1-0 win over Coventry City in the Premier League.
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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has confirmed the extent of Nico O'Reilly's injury concern after he withdrew from the starting line-up against Coventry City on Saturday afternoon.
O'Reilly was replaced by Enzo Fernandez for the contest, and while Enzo Maresca insisted that the issue was not serious, it appears as though the England international will play no part on matchday one of the UEFA Champions League's league phase.
In a more longer-term issue, Jeremy Doku remains absent as he continues to recover from a calf injury he sustained during the 3-0 defeat to Arsenal in the FA Community Shield in early August. There remains no clear return date for the Belgian winger.