'We have 13 players, we are in trouble' - Guardiola says injuries are hitting Man City

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City person "13 players" and are successful "trouble" aft his broadside suffered much injuries successful the League Cup decision at Tottenham connected Wednesday.

The visitors, already without six first-team players for the game, mislaid defender Manuel Akanji with a calf contented successful the lukewarm up.

Forward Savinho was past taken disconnected connected a stretcher successful the 63rd infinitesimal of the crippled aft appearing to wounded his ankle.

Guardiola besides said defender Ruben Dias, who went disconnected astatine half-time, is "struggling" sometimes.

"We person 13 players, we are successful existent difficulties," Guardiola said.

"The guys that play, they decorativeness astir of them with problems and we'll spot however they recover.

"I deliberation we are successful trouble, due to the fact that successful 9 years we've ne'er been successful the concern with truthful galore injuries.

"The players marque a measurement forward, much unneurotic than ever, and we volition effort to bash this week successful this abbreviated clip of recovery."

Defensive midfielder Rodri is retired for the remainder of the play aft rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament successful September.

Attacking midfielder Oscar Bobb is besides retired agelong word aft fracturing his limb successful August. Guardiola said astatine the clip helium would beryllium retired for 'three oregon 4 months.', external

Kevin de Bruyne, who missed 5 months of past play pursuing surgery, is retired with a thigh wounded and portion helium was initially expected to beryllium lone retired abbreviated term, Guardiola said precocious that helium 'didn't know', external erstwhile helium would beryllium fit.

Full-back Kyle Walker is retired with a genu wounded with nary day connected a imaginable return, portion forwards Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish person missed caller games with injuries. Guardiola said helium did not expect, external Doku to beryllium acceptable earlier the November planetary break.

Prior to Wednesday's game, Guardiola had named lone 7 substitutes against Southampton astatine the play and against Sparta Prague past week, with 2 goalkeepers included connected the seat for the latter.

"Tomorrow we person 2 goalkeepers and Erling Haaland successful the grooming session," Guardiola said aft the Tottenham loss.

"The rest, we don't person thing else."

Going by the squad database connected Manchester City's authoritative website, it does look that Guardiola's assertion is accurate.

Obviously helium volition beryllium capable to telephone upon youth-team players, but excluding those injured, these are Manchester City's disposable first-team outfield players:

Defenders:

Nathan Ake, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis, John Stones, Josh Wilson-Esbrand

Midfielders:

Phil Foden, Ilkay Gundogan, Mateo Kovacic, James McAtee, Matheus Nunes, Bernardo Silva

Forwards:

Erling Haaland

That adds up to 13 outfield players but includes Josh Wilson-Esbrand, who has not made a first-team quality for the club.

Guardiola said successful the physique up to Wednesday's crippled his main anticipation was to get done the crippled without immoderate much injuries.

Although they mislaid to Spurs, the young players successful the Manchester City broadside showed committedness and lone a superb artifact connected the enactment denied 19-year-old Nico O'Reilly scoring a precocious equaliser.

Manchester City are apical of the Premier League, unbeaten successful Europe and present into the League Cup quarter-finals, but Guardiola said precocious if injured players don't travel backmost soon past his broadside volition conflict to vie successful aggregate competitions.

“For sure, if these guys don’t travel backmost arsenic speedy arsenic possible, we’ll struggle, due to the fact that we cannot prolong with conscionable 14, 15 players for the season,” helium said.

“We request the players to travel back.”