Liam Delap and Sam Edozie please Man City coaches with progress after injuries

Sam Edozie and Liam Delap are making good progress at Manchester City as they continue their comebacks from injury. The two promising youngsters have both endured long spells on the sidelines this season. Delap had to wait until February for his first senior appearance of the campaign and Edozie only returned this month from an injury picked up in late October.

Both have been training with Pep Guardiola and the first team as part of their development; Edozie, 19, was namechecked by the manager recently as one of the few players in the squad capable of fast breaks on the ball. The duo have also been building up their fitness with the Under-23s in Premier League 2 action.

Sunday saw both start a 0-0 draw with Liverpool that moved Brian Barry-Murphy's team a point closer to defending the league crown they won last year. It also marked the first time Edozie has managed 90 minutes since his injury, and the coaching staff have been delighted with his reaction.

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"We speak a lot about the game and the outcome of it but much more important is to put players in the position where they can be where the first team manager wants," Barry-Murphy told M.E.N Sport. "We've seen a big increase in the last two weeks in Sam's capacity to go longer into games, and there has been a noticeable difference to where he was two weeks ago, then where he was last week at Crystal Palace, to now looking in a really good rhythm again.

"I think bearing in mind the severity of his injury was so significant for such a young player - it is the first time he has encountered such a severe injury and it was a really bad one - to see him come back so quickly and confident and look