Man City injury news: Pep Guardiola confirms huge boost before Arsenal Premier League title clash

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has provided a affirmative update connected the fittingness of Nico O’Reilly up of Sunday’s Premier League rubric showdown with leaders Arsenal astatine the Etihad Stadium.

The 21-year-old was forced disconnected with a hamstring wounded not agelong aft heading location the Citizens’ opening extremity successful a 3-0 victory astatine Chelsea past weekend.

Before leaving the pitch, O’Reilly was tended to by City’s aesculapian team, though helium did not look overly acrophobic arsenic helium joked with Guardiola connected the touchline.

O’Reilly was pictured successful grooming earlier this week and an Instagram station connected Thursday confirmed that helium reported to the club’s grooming complex.

At a property league connected Friday, Guardiola revealed that O’Reilly is “fine” and disposable for enactment against Arsenal, providing Citizens supporters with a immense boost up of specified a pivotal fixture.

However, centre-back Ruben Dias is “not ready” to instrumentality from a hamstring wounded that has kept his sidelined for the past 3 matches.

O’Reilly could haunt Arsenal again aft availability confirmed for rubric clash

Confirmation of O’Reilly’s availability volition travel arsenic a interest for Arsenal, fixed however influential the rising Man City academy prima has been for Guardiola’s broadside this season.

Predominantly operating arsenic a left-back but besides successful midfield connected occasions, O’Reilly has grown into an important first-team fig astatine the Etihad and continues to present accordant performances, which person been rewarded with a spot successful Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.

O’Reilly has played successful 46 of City’s 50 matches successful each tournaments this word - much than immoderate different subordinate astatine the nine - and has scored 9 goals, with lone Erling Haaland (33) and Phil Foden (10) netting much for the entity blues.

Since the opening of February, nary Man City subordinate has scored much goals than O’Reilly (six), who notably netted 2 second-half headers successful their 2-0 EFL Cup last triumph over Arsenal astatine Wembley past month.

O’Reilly volition presumably proceed astatine left-back up of Rayan Ait-Nouri this weekend, but questions stay regarding which subordinate of Arsenal's squad volition enactment up against him connected the right-hand broadside of the pitch.

Bukayo Saka (Achilles) remains out, and Noni Madueke is doubtful with a genu injury, truthful a commencement for 16-year-old Max Dowman connected the close flank could beryllium considered by Gunners caput manager Mikel Arteta.

Meanwhile, right-back Jurrien Timber whitethorn miss retired again with a groin issue, which would permission O'Reilly's planetary teammate Ben White to proceed successful defence.

Man City presently beryllium six points down leaders Arsenal successful the Premier League table and besides person a crippled successful hand; triumph astatine the Etihad would seemingly enactment either broadside successful the driving spot to triumph the rubric heading down the location straight.