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Pep Guardiola's first Manchester City XI. Where are they now?

Pep Guardiola took over Manchester City as a head coach back in 2016. Before joining the Premier League side, Guardiola had coached La Liga side Barcelona and Bundesliga side Bayern Munich. With his previous clubs, the Spaniard has won many trophies and Manchester City was no exception. However, the first year in the Premier League wasn't easy for Guardiola. Image source - FotMob Pep Guardiola's first Premier League game in charge of Manchester City was against Sunderland and the game ended with a 2-1 score as Sergio Aguero opened the score from a penalty spot in the 4th minute and Paddy McNair scored an own goal in the 87th minute. Jermain Defoe scored for Sunderland in the 71st minute. During the 2016-17 season, Guardiola's Manchester City finished 3rd in the Premier League table. Manchester City's starting lineup against Sunderland: Caballero; Sagna; Stones; Kolarov, Clichy; Fernandinho; Silva; Sterling; De Bruyne; Nolito; Agüero. Subs: Hart; Zabaleta; Reges; Navas; Delph; Otamendi; Iheanacho. From this starting lineup, John Stones, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero are the players that have stayed at City until now. But what happened to others? 

Willy Caballero 

Image source - Daily Express Willy Caballero joined Chelsea in the summer of 2017. During this season he has made overall 9 appearances, in which he has kept one clean sheet and conceded 14 goals.

Bacary Sagna

Image source - Daily Mirror After spending 3 seasons with Manchester City, Bacary Sagna signed for Benevento in the winter of 2018, and in August of the same year, he signed for Montreal Impact.

Aleksandar Kolarov

Image source - Bleacher Report Aleksandar Kolarov has been a Manchester City player from 2010 to 2017. In the summer of 2017, Kolarov joined Serie A side AS Roma. During this season, the defender has made 32 appearances in which he has scored 6 goals and provided 5 assists.

Gael Clichy

Image source - Goal Gael Clichy played for Manchester City from 2011 to 2017. He is currently playing for Basaksehir. During this season the defender has made 36 appearances in which he has scored 2 goals and provided 5 assists.

Nolito

Image source - FotMob Nolito joined Manchester City in the summer of 2016. In the summer of 2017, he moved to La Liga side Sevilla. The winger has made 20 appearances during this season in which he has scored 5 goals and provided 3 assists.   From the substitutes, only Nicolas Otamendi is currently playing for Manchester City. Substitutes: Joe Hart (Burnley); Zabaleta (West Ham United); Reges (Sevilla); Navas (Sevilla); Fabian Delph (Everton); Iheanacho (Leicester City).

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