Man City injury news: Concerning Rodri, Ruben Dias update from Pep Guardiola before Burnley clash

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has provided an update connected the fittingness of Rodri and Ruben Dias up of Wednesday’s Premier League clash with Burnley astatine Turf Moor.

After a troublesome 18-month play recovering from injury, Rodri has played regularly for the Citizens since the crook of the year, starting successful 19 of his 23 appearances crossed each competitions.

Rodri played a cardinal relation successful Man City’s captious 2-1 victory implicit Premier League rubric rivals Arsenal astatine the Etihad Stadium connected Sunday, a effect which has moved Guardiola’s broadside to wrong 3 points of the Gunners astatine the summit.

However, the 2024 Ballon d'Or victor was taken disconnected successful the last fewer minutes of the enthralling contention with an evident groin injury, raising concerns implicit his fittingness for the rubric run-in.

In the aftermath of Man City's triumph implicit Arsenal, Guardiola said that Rodri would acquisition further tests to find the severity of his injury, and helium has since revealed that Wednesday’s crippled is apt to travel excessively soon for City’s No.16.

Speaking astatine a property league connected Tuesday, Guardiola said: "I deliberation for tomorrow, [Rodri] volition not beryllium ready. We’ll spot for adjacent games the FA Cup semi-final against Southampton (on Saturday) oregon 12 days aboriginal for the Premier League crippled astatine Everton.”

Rodri, Bernardo Silva “have been truly important” for title-chasing Man City

Discussing the value of some Rodri and skipper Bernardo Silva successful Man City’s midfield, Guardiola added: "In the past games, some of them person been truly important. Both of them are experienced and some of them person a person property connected the squad - similar man-marking.

"They are not young guys immoderate more, they are experienced guys who person played a batch of these types of games and cognize however they indispensable beryllium played. They were exceptional [against Arsenal].

"We cannot hide we person been 16/17 months without Rodri... the occurrence belongs to the team, but a huge, monolithic portion depends connected the players that you have."

In the expected lack of Rodri, Guardiola could callback Nico Gonzalez to play alongside Bernardo against Burnley, portion Nico O’Reilly could besides beryllium deployed successful the middle, which would let Rayan Ait-Nouri to deputise astatine left-back.

Guardiola confirms Man City stay without injured Dias

Meanwhile, Guardiola has besides confirmed that defender Ruben Dias is “not yet ready” to retrieve from an ankle wounded that has kept him sidelined for the past 4 matches successful each competitions.

The Portugal planetary past played for Man City successful the archetypal 45 minutes of their 2-1 decision to Real Madrid successful the 2nd limb of their Champions League last-16 necktie connected March 17, and it remains unclear arsenic to erstwhile helium whitethorn instrumentality to first-team action.

In Dias’s absence, Abdukodir Khusanov and Marc Guehi are expected to proceed their concern successful cardinal defence, with John Stones - backmost acceptable and disposable - and Nathan Ake providing screen arsenic substitutes.

Guardiola: ‘Man City, Arsenal cognize they cannot suffer oregon driblet points’

Reflecting connected City’s triumph implicit Arsenal and the situation up against Burnley, who could beryllium relegated with a decision connected Wednesday, Guardiola said: “We spoke instantly successful the dressing country aft the crippled connected Sunday to focus.

“Arsenal is apical of the league, if it finishes close now, they volition beryllium champions. We person to spot however they [the players] retrieve not conscionable the demanding crippled that we had emotionally and physically.

“Six games left, some teams cognize what happened successful the past. Both teams cognize they cannot suffer oregon driblet points. It volition beryllium hard to recover, and our calendar is truthful demanding, particularly erstwhile we person a crippled coming up against an hostile [Everton] that is really, truly tough.

"It is much hard [for the broadside chasing], mentally and physically. What happened aft Arsenal, we person to spell to Burnley and execute astatine the level we person to do."

Man City volition ascent to the apical of the Premier League array connected extremity quality for the archetypal clip since August past twelvemonth if they champion Burnley, but Arsenal volition person the accidental to re-establish their three-point vantage erstwhile they instrumentality connected Newcastle United astatine the Emirates connected Saturday.