Pep Guardiola has acknowledged that he has fitness concerns over every member of his team for Manchester City’s trip to London today to play Crystal Palace.
As injuries continue to plague Manchester City’s season, Pep Guardiola has disclosed that all of his players are having trouble staying fit.
Phil Foden is currently sidelined with illness, while Nathan Ake will miss Saturday’s trip to Crystal Palace for the Blues. After being substituted out at halftime against Nottingham Forest due to an injury, Manuel Akanji will be evaluated before to the match. Oscar Bobb, Mateo Kovacic, Rodri, and John Stones are all out due to chronic injuries.
But although praising Jack Grealish’s performance against Forest in a key position, Guardiola stated that the 29-year-old’s future in the club hinged on how well he performed in games. When asked if Grealish had a knock, the City manager said that his club as a whole was now having fitness problems.
At the moment, every player is having difficulty maintaining their level of fitness. with both the healthy players and the wounded players. Because of this, it depends on how they feel at the next game,” he remarked.
After Wednesday’s 3-0 victory over Forest, Guardiola was dejected due to the injuries that Akanji and Ake sustained. While previewing the game at Selhurst Park on Friday, he was in a similar frame of mind.
Guardiola’s sole senior, reliable center-back option if Akanji isn’t judged healthy enough to play is Ruben Dias. Dias has already participated in two whole games this week despite having just recently recovered from an injury of his own.
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