Pep Guardiola gives details about'upsetting' Kevin De Bruyne injury ahead of Man City versus Real Madrid
The Manchester City chief likewise gave refreshes on the probability of John Stones and Kyle Walker playing on Tuesday.
Pep Guardiola has uncovered Kevin De Bruyne has a 'upsetting' physical issue in front of Manchester City's Champions League semi-last against Real Madrid, despite the fact that it will not keep the 30-year-old from playing in the principal leg.
The Spanish monsters travel to the Etihad on Tuesday for the primary gathering in that twofold header, and Guardiola is shy of choices no matter how you look at it.
Kyle Walker and John Stones missed Saturday's 5-1 win over Watford because of injury, and are questions for the Real conflict, while Joao Cancelo is certainly out because of suspension.
Kevin De Bruyne played under an hour at the Etihad on Saturday. Cedit: Getty.
Kevin De Bruyne played under an hour at the Etihad on Saturday. Cedit: Getty.
In any case, Tuesday's mammoth game was positively at the forefront of Guardiola's thoughts during the Premier League apparatus with the Hornets, with Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva rested, while Aymeric Laporte and Rodri were removed in the last option stages.
De Bruyne was additionally supplanted after only 57 minutes, with City currently 5-1 up at that phase of the procedures, and Guardiola cleared up this was expected for the Belgian dealing with a lower leg issue he's gotten in late games.
Pep Guardiola responds during Manchester City's 5-1 win over Watford on Saturday. Credit: Getty.
Pep Guardiola responds during Manchester City's 5-1 win over Watford on Saturday. Credit: Getty.
"Assuming you have 17 or 18 players fit I would agree that it doesn't make any difference, yet that isn't true," the City supervisor said after the game. "I have 13 or 14 players fit and in the last games Ayme and Kevin played a great deal of minutes.
"Kevin is playing with some upsetting niggles in his lower leg from the kicks he got in the last games. Yet, at 5-1, I was thinking Madrid, yet Leeds away [next weekend]. That is the reason at that time I'm thinking the game is practically over at 5-1.
"Obviously I gave a rest to players somewhat recently who had played a ton of minutes. We don't have focal protectors. That is the reason Nathan [Ake] played today with an issue with his lower leg. We need to consider it in the following ones. On the off chance that it was 1-0 or 2-0, Kevin would have proceeded as far as possible, I can guarantee you."
Guardiola was likewise gotten some information about his choices in safeguard and whether Oleksandr Zinchenko could play at left-back against Madrid, with Walker and Stones questions, and Guardiola answered with a wellness update on the last option pair.
"We don't have numerous choices," he made sense of. "We don't have full-backs, we couldn't say whether Kyle will show up. So we will see. Joao is out and John, it will be hard to get to. We will see, yet Alek is another player who is so dependable."
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