Pep Guardiola names two injured Man City players as he sends Erling Haaland warning
These are your Manchester City evening headlines for Monday, September 5.
John Stones has not travelled to Sevilla with the rest of the Manchester City squad due to a muscle injury picked up in training on Monday, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.
Stones trained with City on Monday morning but was not part of the 21-man squad that later flew to Seville ahead of Tuesday's Champions League Group G opener. Kyle Walker, forced off with injury in the draw with Aston Villa, was not spotted training and did not travel with the squad either, as Guardiola confirmed the extent of the right-back's injury.
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On the two injuries, Guardiola said that Walker and Stones may miss the next week or two of fixtures, and that new signing Manuel Akanji will be needed to deputise.
Read more from Guardiola here.
Pep Guardiola has told his Manchester City players not to expect Erling Haaland to win them the Champions League on his own this season.
Haaland joined City in the summer and has ten goals in six Premier League appearances. His addition to the City squad has seen the Blues installed as firm favourites to win the Champions League for the first time, and much of the pre-match press conference was centred around whether Haaland would be able to be the difference between winning a European Cup or falling short again.
And Guardiola was keen to tell his players that they wouldn't have any success in the Champions League if they solely relied on Haaland to get them through difficult games.
Read more from Guardiola here.
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