{"id":33658,"date":"2024-03-29T18:21:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/33658\/man-city-injury-blow-as\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T18:21:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:21:20","slug":"man-city-injury-blow-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=33658","title":{"rendered":"Man City injury blow as Stones, Walker out for Arsenal clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man City injury blow as Stones, Walker out for Arsenal clash\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rob Dawson, correspondent<span class=\"timestamp \">March 29, 2024, 1:25 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola suffered a double blow ahead of the crucial Premier League clash with Arsenal after confirming on Friday that John Stones and Kyle Walker would miss out.<\/p>\n<p>Stones and Walker suffered injuries playing for England during the international break and will be unavailable for Arsenal&#39;s visit to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne, \u00c9derson, Jack Grealish and Manuel Akanji should all be fit to face Mikel Arteta&#39;s side, who top the points table with Liverpool and one point ahead of City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyle and John are out, that\u2019s how it is,\u201d Guardiola said in a press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kevin is a very important player. It has been a difficult season for him with injuries and a long absence. He trained very well yesterday. [on Thursday] so we&#39;ll see what we&#39;re going to do in the next few days.  \u00bb<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">John Stones was injured during England&#39;s match against Belgium on Tuesday. <cite>Getty<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Stones has suffered from injury problems this season and has been limited to just 22 games in all competitions.  He played 90 minutes for England against Brazil last Saturday and was picked to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> again against Belgium three days later.<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate was criticized for picking the Stones twice in such a short space of time, but asked if he was disappointed Guardiola refused to get involved in the row.  \u201cI have no comment to make on this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Guardiola will face Declan Rice, a player he tried to sign this summer.  City tabled a bid for the England midfielder before swapping West Ham for Arsenal in a record deal worth \u00a3105 million ($132.6 million).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#39;s not the first one we wanted who didn&#39;t join us,\u201d Guardiola said.  \u201cEither they don\u2019t want to come or whatever, he\u2019s made his decision and good luck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any Premier League team would have signed Declan Rice, an international captain and a young player who regularly plays a lot of games. That&#39;s why Arsenal pushed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man City injury blow as Stones, Walker out for Arsenal clash\u060c Rob Dawson, correspondentMarch 29, 2024, 1:25 p.m. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola suffered a double blow ahead of the crucial Premier League clash with Arsenal after confirming on Friday that John Stones and Kyle Walker would miss out. 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