City are still yet to win in four league games this year to fall six points adrift of Arsenal, who have a game in hand away at Nottingham Forest later on Saturday.
The Africa Cup of Nations reaches its climax on Sunday with a showdown between host nation Morocco, looking to win the title for the first time in 50 years, and Sadio Mane's powerful Senegal side.
It will be the first AFCON to take place in the region since Ethiopia hosted in 1976 and comes just before the tournament switches to taking place every four years. It has usually been held every two years since the first edition in 1957.