Manchester City shall be without Ruben Dias of their Premier League showdown against Arsenal this weekend.
City host the Premier League leaders on the Etihad on Sunday with just six points separating the 2.
Dias, 28, has missed City’s last 4 games, including the Carabao Cup final victory over the Gunners in March.
The Portugal international was ruled out of the FA Cup victory over Liverpool and last weekend’s league win at Chelsea with Marc Guehi and Abdukodir Khusanov forging a powerful partnership on the back in those two outings.
While there had been hope Dias could be get better in time to be available for the visit of the Gunners, the Manchester Evening News report an ankle injury will keep him sidelined.
City also remain without long-term absentee Josko Gvardiol with doubts over the fitness of John Stones, who has been limited to simply 15 appearances this season.
Nico O’Reilly has been in stunning form as of late, scoring twice within the Carabao Cup final before coming up with one other invaluable goal against Chelsea last day trip.
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The City academy graduate picked up a hamstring injury 10 minutes later which forced him off. Guardiola is predicted to supply an update on O’Reilly’s fitness later today.
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Arsenal have injury concerns of their very own with Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori all doubts.
Declan Rice shook off a bout of illness to play the complete 90 minutes against Sporting CP on Wednesday night with Mikel Arteta admitting his midfielder was ‘shattered’ by the tip of it.
Noni Madueke was also forced off that evening with what gave the impression to be a knee injury.
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