Manchester City, the leader of the Premier League, has many players sick.
Manchester City, the great club of the English Premier League, was eliminated from the league cup on Wednesday, when Tottenham won it 2-1. The League Cup is not the most important competition of the season, but City’s head coach is Pep Guardiola was concerned about the team’s injury situation.
– We have 13 players, we are in real trouble. In nine years, we have never been in such a situation where there are so many injuries.
There are really enough injuries at City. In the Tottenham match Manuel Akanji injured his calf in the warm-up and Savinho was carried off the field on a stretcher when he injured his ankle in the 63rd minute. Also substituted at halftime With Ruben Dias according to Guardiola, there is some trouble.
There were already a lot of players getting sick. Just chosen as the best player in the world Rodri is sidelined for the rest of the season. Oscar Bob is also gone for a long time.
Star player Kevin de Bruyne was originally supposed to be sidelined for only a short time with a thigh injury, but Guardiola recently said he does not know when the Belgian will be fit to play.
Kyle Walker, Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish have been sidelined for the last few games. Doku is not expected to return to games before the international break in November.
The BBC has countedthat in the light of this information, City only really have 13 outfield players. Of course, players from the youth team can be promoted to the representative team.
City lead the Premier League and are in good positions in the Champions League. However, the match rush is tough.
– If the players do not come back as soon as possible, we will have difficulties because we cannot play for a long time with 14-15 players, Guardiola said.
Of course, others have injury problems as well. Arsenal, one of City’s fiercest rivals, has its own concerns. The most important player in the midfield Martin Ödegaard has been sidelined since September. His return is nearing, but unlikely to happen until next weekend.
Also a topper Gabriel and sidepack Riccardo Calafiori are injured. Bukayo Saka returned for last Sunday’s Liverpool game.
In Wednesday’s League Cup match, Arsenal beat Preston 3-0, Liverpool beat Brighton 3-2, Newcastle beat Chelsea 2-0 and Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 2-1.
Manchester United beat Leicester 5–2. Interim coach Ruud van Nistelrooy took a handsome victory, but the match may remain his only responsibility as a coach. United is looking for a new head coach Ruben Amorim.