Celtic v Manchester City: Confirmed Starting Line-ups – Pablo Zabaleta selected captain

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Manchester City will be hoping to maintain their 100 percent win record under the stewardship of head coach Pep Guardiola today when they take on Scottish giants Celtic in the Champions League.

Guardiola has picked a full strength squad with star players Aguera, David Silva and Sterling all starting.

Kevin De Bruyne is out injured and summer arrival Ilkay Gundogan will deputise in midfield.

The team captain will be Pablo Zabaleta as confirmed on the official City twitter account.

City did originally state that Silva would be captain but later corrected the tweet revealing that Zabaleta will wear the captains armband tonight against Celtic.

The Citizens are currently second in their Champions League group despite beating Borussia Monchengladback 4-0 as Barcelona beat Celtic 7-0.

In the other group game Monchengladback will take on group leaders Barcelona.

Celtic v Manchester City 

Celtic: Craig Gordon Mikael Lustig Erik Sviatchenko Kieran Tierney Kolo Touré Nir Bitton Scott Brown James Forrest Tom Rogi? Scott Sinclair Moussa Dembélé

Manchester City starting line-ups: Bravo, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Kolarov, Clichy, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Silva (C), Sterling, Nolito, Aguero

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