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Manchester City take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon and Kolo Toure is previewing the game this lunchtime with Pep Guardiola absent
- Updated11:36, 12 DEC 2025
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Kolo Toure joined Manchester City's coaching team in the summer (Image: Getty Images)Hello and welcome to live updates from Kolo Toure's Manchester City press conference ahead of the Premier League trip to Crystal Palace.
Yes you read that right, Toure is previewing the game with Palace this lunchtime with Guardiola absent. The City chief is missing with a 'personal issue'. The manager is expected to preview every match with reporters but has been allowed to sit out his planned commitments on Friday to take care of something else.
It will be the first time Toure has spoken publicly since being promoted to the first team back in summer. You can follow live updates right here in the blog so stay with us.
11:36Alex James
Welcome along
So it's Kolo Toure this afternoon in place of Pep Guardiola.
It will be the first time he has spoken publicly since being promoted back to a first team role.
He will be due around 12.30pm and we will bring you all the latest updates here and in the meantime we can round up all the news from the Etihad.
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