After sacking Garry Monk due to a run of one win in 11 games, Al Hain-Cole expects the managerless Swans to suffer a heavy defeat on one of the league’s most difficult away tripsManchester City will be looking to bounce back from last weekend’s defeat at Stoke City when they welcome Swansea City to the Etihad on Saturday.
Manuel Pellegrini’s men secured top spot in their Champions League group by beating Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday Having sacked Garry Monk after a run of just one win in 11 games, the managerless visitors are outsiders to react in the best possible way by clinching a shock victory in this one.
It seems surprising that Monk should be out of a job less than halfway into a new campaign that saw his team sitting in fourth at the beginning of September after taking four points from Chelsea and Manchester United. However, an alarming slide in fortunes that reaped just six points from the subsequent 11 fixtures ultimately convinced chairman Huw Jenkins to take the tough decision to show the 36-year-old the door after more than a decade at the club.
With assistant manager Pep Clotet and first-team coach James Beattie also set to leave the Liberty Stadium, whoever leads the team out on Saturday could hardly have asked for a greater baptism of fire than a trip to the Etihad.
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