Pep Guardiola has made an alarming confession about the growing injury situation at Manchester City, and has revealed that the club is in “real difficulties” because of the amount of problems.
City have completely dominated the Premier League in recent years, with enviable squad depth a major factor in their ability to mount challenges in multiple competitions.
city he has nine known injury problems, but Guardiola declared afterwards Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup defeat to Tottenham Hotspur that “most” players finish every game with fitness concerns and that he only has 13 left.
Manuel Akanji was injured in the pre-match warm-up against Spurs, while Savinho withdrew in the second half. Rubén Dias became the latest concern after the game.
“We have 13 players, we are in real difficulties,” said Guardiola.
“The guys who are playing, most of them end up with problems and we’ll see how they recover. I think we’re in trouble, because in nine years we’ve never been in the situation with so many injuries.
“The players are stepping up, more together than ever, and we will try to do that this week in this short recovery time.”
Rodri attended this week’s Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on crutches after undergoing surgery on an ACL injury last month. Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Jack Grealish, Jeremy Doku, Josko Gvardiol and Oscar Bobb are other players who are currently sidelined.
Although Guardiola They would have been expected to make changes from their more senior line-up for the cup ties, Nico O’Reilly and James McAtee starting a largely inexperienced XI. Jacob Wright and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey later came off the bench, with Farid Alfa-Ruprecht unused.
City travel to Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday, with a midweek trip to Lisbon against Sporting CP in the Champions League three days later and then a quick return to the English south coast against Brighton & Hove Albion on November 9.
