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MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester Citys risk-versus-reward approach under Pep Guardiola was summed up in one passage of play during a Champions League match against Celtic.With two opponents closing in, City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo coolly slid a pass between them to midfielder Fernandinho on the edge of the area. Pressured by two more hounding Celtic players, Fernandinho produced a Cruyff turn to create space for himself and burst upfield.Just like that, Celtic was opened up and City was launching another attack.Guardiola acknowledges his possession-based style is fraught with danger but its been getting results, with City making its best-ever start to a season in winning 10 straight games and scoring 30 goals in the process. It sparked talk of City winning the Premier League at a canter.However, a 3-3 draw at Celtic on Wednesday that ended Citys winning run exposed potential fallibilities in Guardiolas side. Bravely standing toe-to-toe with City, Celtic pressed high, hassled relentlessly and looked to outmuscle Citys ball-playing defenders. It worked, with City enduring an uncomfortable night at atmospheric Parkhead, especially at the back.Sitting deep against City and attempting to soak up pressure has got teams nowhere so far. Celtic has shown fellow sides the blueprint to trouble Guardiolas side: Take them on.As it happens, Tottenham -- one of the best proponents of a high-energy, high-intensity pressing game -- is Citys next opponent in the standout match of the Premier League this weekend. Its first vs. second in the standings, a meeting between two unbeaten teams.Tottenham will know Bravo isnt great under the high ball and takes risks with the ball at his feet. Theyll know the likely center-back pairing of John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi can be brittle. And theyll know the absence of injured playmaker Kevin De Bruyne takes some creativity out of Citys side.Tottenham beat City home and away last season but it will be a huge task to stop the new-look City juggernaut.Guardiola has got City operating at previously unseen levels. The teams biggest problem under his predecessor as manager, Manuel Pellegrini, was its work rate. But under Guardiola, City is second behind Liverpool in the distance covered category, according to sports data company Opta. Dropping Yaya Toure has helped City in this regard.Guardiola is getting the best out of winger Raheem Sterling, who was a disappointment last season after signing for $76 million, by giving him self-belief and playing to his strengths by getting him one-on-one with defenders as much as possible. He has five goals already.Likewise, Aleksandar Kolarov is looking like a different player under Guardiola, who has even turned the Serbia left back into a ball-playing center back -- with mixed results. Playmaker David Silva looks liberated now that he is playing more centrally.Then theres Sergio Aguero, a scorer of 11 goals in seven games this season. Guardiola is still asking for more from the striker, saying he has to work harder when City isnt in possession to help the team.That sums up Guardiolas demanding approach. As does his removal from the first team of goalkeeper Joe Hart and Toure, who were mainstays for the past six years. They didnt fit his philosophy -- Hart for his poor footwork and Toure for his lack of intensity in midfield -- so theyve been banished.I want to have control, Guardiola said after City beat Manchester United 2-1 this month.He was talking about his ball-possession but he could so easily have been referring to his grip on the squad.Here are some other things to look out for this weekend before the Premier League has a two-week break for international matches:---WALCOTTS REVIVALTheo Walcotts future at Arsenal looked bleak after a disappointing last season when he was mostly used off the bench and lost his place in the England squad. Now it appears hes back to his best.Walcott has started all of Arsenals league games, and has scored four goals in his last three games ahead of Sundays match at Burnley. The pacey winger credits his improved form to a chat he had with manager Arsene Wenger during the offseason.I want it more than anyone else, Walcott said.Arsenal is unbeaten in eight games since losing to Liverpool on the opening weekend.---WEST HAMS WOBBLESWest Ham manager Slaven Bilic is hoping a players night out this week will improve the teams fortunes after five losses in six games in the league so far.I told Mark Noble, the skipper, to take the guys out to dinner, Bilic said. To spend time together is always good. Ive been there before. Its definitely a good idea.West Ham has lost its last two home games at the Olympic Stadium -- where theres been trouble among Hammers fans at times this season -- and next visits Middlesbrough on Saturday.Cheap Air Max For Sale . Self was acquired from the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013. Authentic Air Max Wholesale . 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On Tuesday, Ottawa placed forward Cory Conacher and defenceman Joe Corvo on waivers as trade rumours swirl around the Senators.SAN DIEGO -- London is not calling for Major League Baseball next year.The players association says MLB has given up plans to play regular-season games in the English capital in 2017.Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said in January that his staff was working hard at playing in London, and MLB officials looked at the renovated Olympic Stadium as a possible venue.There was discussion about London early on, union head Tony Clark said Monday. Unfortunately there were a number of moving pieces related to London that shortened our window in an effort to try to find common ground on that happening, and we werent able to get it done in time.Clark also was noncommittal about having players on 25-man active rosters made available for the 2020 Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo from July 24 to Aug. 9. The International Olympic Committee executive board voted last monthh to support a six-nation tournament that year in both baseball and womens softball, and the full IOC is to vote in August.dddddddddddd.Baseball became a medal sport for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics but was dropped for the 2012 London Games and wont be played this year in Rio de Janeiro. In 2008, only those not on 25-man big league rosters as of late June were allowed to compete; the U.S. team included Jake Arrieta and Stephen Strasburg -- both All-Stars this year.Is there an appreciation for the value of having baseball in the Olympics? Yes, there is, Clark said. Is there an appreciation for the season and how or if it could work with our active players? Yeah, theres a conversation, but we run into the same roadblocks we always have. ' ' '