Man City v PSG LIVE: Champions League team news and updates as Pep Guardiola returns to support former club in first home game since guilty verdict

It’s three changes for Manchester City from the 3-0 win at Liverpool, with full-backs Khusanov and Gvardiol replacing O’Reilly and Nunes and Jeremy Doku coming in for Iliman Ndiaye after his stunning impact at Anfield.

PSG have Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on the bench, with new signing Maghnes Akliouche starting alongside Dembele and Doue. Joao Neves is also on the bench, with Warren Zaire-Emery starting in midfield for Luis Enrique’s holders.

PSG XI: Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Vitinha, Ruiz, Zaire-Emery; Akliouche, Dembele, Doue

Subs: Chevalier, Mouak, Lucas Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Kvaratskhelia, Ferran Torres, Digne, Hernández, Godts, Fernández, Ndjantou, João Neves

Man City XI: Donnarumma; Khusanov, Guehi, Dias, Gvardiol; Anderson, Enzo; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland

Subs: Bettinelli, Rulli, Ndiaye, Kovacic, Aït-Nouri, Reis, Nunes, Bouaddi, O’Reilly, Allan, Foden, Lewis

Enzo Maresca has defended his Manchester City players after they were accused of over-celebrating victory against Liverpool when they had been found guilty of 114 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules by saying they did nothing wrong.

City won their first match since an independent commission ruled they had benefited from more than £900m in disguised funding and after a verdict said they had sham sponsorship contracts.

Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki scored second-half goals at Anfield on Sunday and, while pundits and opposition supporters found fault with City for their wild celebrations on the pitch and in the dressing room, Maresca and captain Ruben Dias believed they have nothing to say sorry for.

“Criticised for what? We won 0-3 Anfield. What do you want us to do?” asked the Italian. “And even if it was 0-1, it was exactly the same. We work every day to win games. It’s the only thing, again, that we can think, we can be focused.

“The rest is just things from outside that we need to deal with. But we were so, so, so happy inside the pitch, and you cannot imagine inside the changing room.”

Manchester City have confirmed that they will display a “mosaic display in the Pep Guardiola stand” prior to kick-off against Paris Saint-Germain.

Guardiola, who is now a global ambassador for the City Football Group, was not personally accused or charged by the Premier League, but wrote on Instagram last week: “I want every single Manchester City fan across the world to know I am here; more than ever. I am, always have been, always will, be behind my club, my owner, my chairman, [CEO] Ferran [Soriano], the players, staff, [manager] Enzo [Maresca] and you, our unique supporters. Let me be clear: we will get through this together. I love you all.”

Pep Guardiola will return to Manchester City to watch next week’s game against Paris Saint-Germain in another sign he is continuing to stand by his former club after they were found guilty of 114 charges levelled by the Premier League.

The Catalan, who posted a message on Instagram in support of the club’s owners and executives, had long insisted they were innocent of the charges of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules.

Guardiola stood down in the summer, before an independent commission concluded City used “sham” contracts to boost their revenue by over £900m over a nine-year period.

City, who have continued to maintain they have “irrefutable” proof they are not guilty, are appealing against the verdict, but potential punishments include expulsion from the Premier League or a points penalty that could make relegation inevitable or likely.

In a normal season, Manchester City v Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League is the sort of game that is expected to grace the knockout stages. An early meeting is the league phase would be considered a treat, as well.

But this is not a normal season and so tonight the focus is once again everything around the game, which is City’s first at the Etihad since they were found guilty of almost all of the Premier League charges for breaking financial rules.

Pep Guardiola is going to be at the Etihad for the first time since leaving the club in May in a symbolic showing of support, and there will be a special presentation for the former manager following his 10 years of dominance at City.