Man City injury latest with three fitness worries after FC Copenhagen game
Manchester City picked up another two injury concerns in their Champions League win over FC Copenhagen.
Jack Grealish went down with a muscular problem just 20 minutes into his first start in over a month, and had to be replaced by Jeremy Doku. In the second half, Bernardo Silva received a “big kick” that also led to an enforced substitution with Pep Guardiola less than impressed on the touchline as Silva tried to continue; Matheus Nunes came on for the closing minutes.
“Bernardo has a big knock in his ankle. I didn’t speak with the doctor but it looks muscular with Jack,” said Guardiola. “The last few days his mood at training was much better. He played really good, he was helping us with the tempo.
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“You can’t play so fast. You have to find the right moment, the right tempo. He felt it on the grass, started to complain. The players can feel it immediately if it’s muscular.
“He wanted to continue but we didn’t want to do damage even worse. We’ll make tests tomorrow.”
Grealish and Silva are joined by Josko Gvardiol on the treatment table, who missed the trip with ankle ligament issues and will be out for a few weeks. However, there was more positive news on Mateo Kovacic, who has missed the last two matches.
“Hopefully Bernardo is not a big issue. We’ve got Chelsea at home and recover as quickly as possible.
“Kova could come back. Every game and training session we lose players and that is not good.”
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