Pep Guardiola gives Nathan Ake injury update as Man City boss makes treble claim

Here are your Manchester City headlines on Friday, April 23.

Guardiola confirms Ake injury

Nathan Ake has been ruled out of Manchester City's clash with Sheffield United in the FA Cup.

Ake has been a pivotal part of the City team this season and has nailed down the left-back role, allowing the team to allow Joao Cancelo to leave on loan to Bayern Munich. But he suffered a hamstring injury in the quarter-final away in Germany, having to leave the pitch with Aymeric Laporte coming on to replace him.

The defender felt initially that it was similar to a previous injury but not as bad as that, although scans have shown that the problem is serious enough to rule him out at the weekend. Pep Guardiola is not certain how long Ake will be out but knows that Saturday will come too soon.

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Treble talk shut down

Pep Guardiola said he had no excitement for a potential Treble as he refused to discuss the prospect of Manchester City winning everything.

The Blues are on a 15-match unbeaten streak in all competitions and the players are out to win everything, with Rodri telling M.E.N Sport that the team feel 'unstoppable' at their best. They can go closer than they ever have before to winning the Treble this weekend if they beat Sheffield United, having lost their last three FA Cup semi-finals.

However, they are four points behind Arsenal in the Premier League and face major obstacles in every competition before they can match something only ever done once in England football - by United in 1999. With so many potential pitfalls between now and the end of the season, Guardiola will not countenance questions on the Treble until they have two trophies in the bag and are in Istanbul for the Champions League