Man City injury crisis takes another twist as pair return to training but key man missing

Ruben Dias and Jeremy Doku are back in training for Manchester City as their injury crisis appears to be easing.

But the absence of John Stones from Pep Guardiola's training session before the Champions League clash with Feyenoord raises questions over his own injury status. Stones was replaced at half-time of City's defeat against Tottenham and Guardiola pointed to injury as the reason behind his replacement over any tactical reason.

"John feels good but has to leave after 45 minutes," Guardiola said after the Spurs loss, before hinting further at his condition on Monday. "John can play but can play 45 minutes and you need rhythm without raining," he said, before the centre-back did not emerge for training later in the afternoon.

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Stones has suffered a number of minor injuries this season, playing just 11 times of which only seven have been starts. He has missed eight games either as an unused substitute or all together.

Now he looks set to miss out against Feyenoord, although Dias' return is a positive as is Doku's. Jahmai Simpson-Pusey could feature in another matchday squad after starting the last Champions League game at Sporting, and training with the first team again on Monday.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb remain the long-term absentees, with Stones now the only other missing player - although a number of first-teamers are severely lacking in fitness.

Man City training squad vs Feyenoord: Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Ake, Akanji, Dias, Walker, Lewis, Gvardiol, Simpson-Pusey, Naylor, Wilson-Esbrand, Gundogan, Bernardo, Nunes, De Bruyne, Foden, Grealish,