Manchester City is still patched up due to a big amount of injured players
Manchester City is still patched up due to a big amount of injured players.
Manchester City will receive Nottingham Forest in the Etihad Stadium in order to play the sixth of the Premier League, a competition in which they are still undefeated and are the top leaders of the English tournament standings, with Tottenham Hotspurs just below them by only two points.
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City comes from a great debut in the opening week of the UEFA Champions League where they outstanded 3-1 Berlin’s Red Star. Nevertheless, the Citizens lost another key player during the first half of the match, as Bernardo Silva had to be substituted due to an injury on his right leg.
And actually, Manchester City is currently still patched up with substitute players as they have a lot of their first team in the injury reserve list: Jack Grealish, Kevin DeBruyne, Kovacic, Stone and now Bernardo Silva will be out for several weeks.
Pep Guardiola has insisted that it is impossible for the players to endure throughout the year because of the tight schedule the team has now, and he doesn’t only speak for Manchester City but for all the clubs in the world.
“We played a lot. Fewer games, fewer injuries. Many games in a row over the years, without a break… We can’t stand that. Jack (Grealish) took a hit on the knee in Sheffield; That’s football, it can happen. But muscle injuries make you miss a lot…”. Pep Guardiola said today on a pregame press conference.
Who are the injured men from Man City?
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City is not well, as they already have five key players on the injury reserve list and they will jump into the sixth week of the Premier League and will face NewCastle for the EFL Cup on Wednesday 27th and will go up against RB Leipzig for the second week of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday October the 4th.
“When we have five important players – really important players – injured, keeping that situation for a long time will be difficult. But that’s what we have”, said Manchester City’s manager in the Red Star’s postgame press conference.
Today, in the pregame press conference, Pep Guardiola gave a statement on Bernardo Silva progression, and featured that the new Portuguese additon won’t be available for Saturday’s match against Nottingham Forest, “He has a small injury, it’s not a big deal. His clinical evolution is good. But I don’t know, a week, 10 days… a week or two weeks he will be out.”.