Concern at Man. City before Sporting: “We have 13 players”

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Pep Guardiola addresses difficulties in the face of a wave of injuries affecting the team

Concern at Man. City before Sporting: "We have 13 players"
Concern at Man. City before Sporting: “We have 13 players”

Pep Guardiola argued that Manchester City faces serious problems due to the injury crisis affecting the squad, five days away from visiting Sporting in the Champions League.

If the injury scenario was no longer favorable, it became worse after the defeat against Tottenham (1-2) in the English League Cup, with Manuel Akanji and Savinho reinforcing the batch of players handed over to the medical department, joining Kyle Walker, Rodri, Oscar Bobb, Jeremy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish

“We have 13 players [available], so we are in real difficulties. Most of those who played ended up with problems and we’ll see how they recover”, said the Spanish coach, in the press conference after the game.

«Tomorrow [Thursday] we have two goalkeepers and Erling Haaland for the training session, we have no one else. I think we are in trouble, in nine years a situation like this has never happened, with several, several injuries, for several, several reasons, in these situations, the players take a step forward and are more together than ever”, he defended.

The concerns arise before the duels with Bournemouth (November 2nd), in the Premier League, and Sporting (5th), in the Champions League.