Manuel Akanji was forced to leave from City’s Carabao Cup match against Tottenham after suffering a calf injury during the warm-up, while electric winger Savinho was stretchered off in the second half with an ankle injury.
Ruben Dias, a star defender, was also substituted at halftime, albeit this appeared to be a precautionary measure.
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With injuries stacking up, Guardiola said his squad is ‘in peril’ and revealed a stunning statistic regarding how many fit players he has to work with.According to Talksport.
“We have 13 players, we are in serious trouble,” Guardiola stated following the 2-1 loss to Tottenham.
“The players who play end the majority of them with difficulties, and we’ll see how they recover.
“I think we’re in trouble because we’ve never had this many injuries in nine years.
“The players make a step forward, more together than ever, and we will try to do this week in this short time of recovery.”
Guardiola has already lost defensive midfielder and recent Ballon d’Or winner Rodri for the season after tearing his ACL against Arsenal in September.
City captain Kyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne are out with knee and thigh ailments, with no comeback date set.
Young attacker Oscar Bobb injured his leg in preseason and is remains out, while attacking duo Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish have missed City’s most recent games.
However, should City’s injury crisis continue, more of the club’s most promising academy stars could find themselves thrust into the first-team spotlight sooner than later.
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