{"id":320236,"date":"2026-04-17T18:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=320236"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:35:55","slug":"nico-oreilly-injury-update-ahead-of-man-city-vs-arsenal-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/nico-oreilly-injury-update-ahead-of-man-city-vs-arsenal-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico O’Reilly injury update ahead of Man City vs Arsenal | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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O\u2019Reilly scored twice within the Carabao Cup final against the Gunners last month (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nico O\u2019Reilly shall be available for Manchester City\u2019s Premier League showdown against Arsenal on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The City academy graduate has been in wonderful form in recent weeks, scoring twice against the Gunners within the Carabao Cup final in March.<\/p>\n

After helping his side keep a clean sheet within the 4-0 thrashing of Liverpool within the FA Cup, the left-back was on the rating sheet again last day out against Chelsea, scoring one other header to spark a second-half drubbing of the Blues in west London.<\/p>\n

10 minutes after his goal against Chelsea, O\u2019Reilly went down clutching his left hamstring with Rayan Ait-Nouri brought onto replace him.<\/p>\n

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Pep Guardiola didn’t provide an update on the teenager\u2019s condition after that game. <\/p>\n

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But speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, he told reporters his young star is \u2018effective\u2019 and available for selection. <\/p>\n

O\u2019Reilly has began 24 of City\u2019s Premier League matches this term, predominantly at left-back.<\/p>\n

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O\u2019Reilly was heading in the right direction again against Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If passed fit, he is predicted to fit in beside Abdukodir Khusanov and Marc Guehi who’re set to proceed at centre-half with Ruben Dias ruled out.<\/p>\n

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