Featuring as a substitution for his first appearance in 61 days after a hamstring injury, Delap was sent off just 25 minutes into his return in last Wednesday’s eventual 4-3 Carabao Cup win at Wolves for collecting two yellow cards in the space of seven minutes.

Manchester City make three changes from Sunday's win over Bournemouth. John Stones, Tijjani Reijnders and Savinho come into the side with Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva and Rayan Cherki dropping out. Star striker Erling Haaland takes the captain's armband against his old club.