For a long time, Manchester City was one of those undefeated teams and then – two losses in four days! Mainly due to injury-prone squad. Tottenham topped them in the League Cup, then Bournemouth in the Premier League.Ahead of the Champions League clash against Sporting in Lisbon, the Cityzens’ boss Pep Guardiola lamented about the situation with the several severely injured stars.Pep on Barca: In other clubs, you know where the shots are coming from but there they come from all sidesHe says the hectic schedule is causing injury problems and taking its toll, comparing it with the NBA.”In the past, in the previous seasons, we played a lot of games,” he said. “Maybe when we go to the World [Club] Cup, arriving at the last stages of the competition, we’re going to play more than 70 games.”And 70 games is like the NBA, but the NBA has four-month holidays, and we have three weeks, because it’s not just this season. It comes from the previous season, the previous season, the previous season… When that happens, you have injuries for a long time.”A reminder that Rodri didn’t lose for 74 games in a row with Man City… they have now lost their 32 games unbeaten run in the Premier League 😮 Pep Guardiola must be missing his Ballon d’Or winner. pic.twitter.com/T6tWQN9gjI— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) November 2, 2024 Ballon d’Or winner Rodri is out for the remainder of the season, while Kevin De Bruyne has made a single appearance since September. Moreover, John Stones, Kyle Walker and Phil Foden have been among the players to spend time in the treatment room.”There are players that are not in the best way and they make an incredible effort to be here,” Guardiola added.”So Manu [Akanji] and Nathan [Ake] were not in really good condition, so until the last moment, I didn’t know Nathan could play and he says: ‘No, I want to try, I want to try.'”##NAJAVA_MECA_8466830##
