Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola revealed that Central John Stones will be aside “two to three months” after he left in the first half on Wednesday in the Champions League.
The stones lasted only eight minutes City defeat 3-1 from Real Madrid In the middle of the week, although it was enough time to watch his partner from the central part Ruben Dias stumble over his own shoes, while Kylian Mbappe scored the first of her three goals in the night.
In the absence of their unique but injury, central back, City He escaped well with the edge of a two -goal defeat. While Guardiola regretted after the game: “They were a better team. You have to accept reality.”
The Catalan coach now has to find acceptance for further accident accident when it comes to fitness problems.
“He is injured, hard. The next hours/days we will know if his surgery needs or not,” ” Guard He said stones at his press conference on the eve of the visit of Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. The city boss confirmed that it was a prolonged injury “like Manuel Akanji”, which was excluded for “eight to ten weeks” with the problem of adductor this month.
Guardiola was also asked about Erling Haaland, who watched the whole whole Middle week of tie with Real Madrid from the bench. “I don’t know yet,” he shrugged when he was thinking about the availability of his striker for this weekend. “We’ll know that tomorrow, but I don’t know. It’s better to have Erling on the field, but obviously, we don’t have one, but of course we are stronger with Erling.”
In addition to stones, Akanji and potentially Haalanda, City runs out of long -term absences of Oscar Bobba and an elephant in a room for any update of injury, Rodri. Ruling Ballon d’Or The winner recently gave a positive evaluation of his recovery from tears ACL September.
“I feel really good,” Spaniard told the city website. “Everything is fine in my head. I don’t feel unstable in my knee. I have to get strength in four and everything. That’s the most important thing.”
Will Rodri play any role in the rest of the Premier League City Season, it remains to be seen, but the Talisman’s midfielder has previously revealed that it is targeting a return to action For FIFA World Cup Club in June.
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