De Bruyne, Gvardiol, Grealish - Latest Man City injury news after Brentford win

Pep Guardiola has explained why Kevin De Bruyne remained on the bench for the entirety of the Premier League win over Brentford on Tuesday night. The reigning champions left it late at Etihad Stadium to pick up an invaluable three points against the Bees in the title race with Erling Haaland on target after a flurry of missed chances from the hosts.

Alongside De Bruyne, Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku were also dropped from the starting XI that played out a 1-1 draw against Chelsea this past weekend. Any concerns over Doku, given Guardiola's comments ahead of the game, were removed when the Belgium international replaced Oscar Bobb just past the hour mark, however worries surrounding De Bruyne remained.

Bernardo Silva and John Stones entered the game as doubts but with both starting on Tuesday evening, Josko Gvardiol and Jack Grealish are the only players on the injury list, however they look set to now be joined by De Bruyne. With that said, here is the latest Man City injury news ahead of this weekend's clash against Bournemouth.

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De Bruyne was an unused substitute in City's 1-0 win against Brentford. The Belgium international was not spotted warming up ahead of the game, nor during the clash when City were in search of a winner.

In his post-match conference, Guardiola said: "We did not use Kevin today because he has niggles in his hamstring position. He's okay. It's more caution and prevention than anything. He didn't feel comfortable and the doctors said there was a little bit of risk. After five months off, we did not take any