Man City XI vs Tottenham: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League | OneFootball

Crisis starts to ease for champions but bad luck continues

Pep Guardiola has ruled Mateo Kovacic out for up to a month in a fresh injury blow to Manchester City.

Kovacic picked up an injury on international duty with Croatia and will miss Saturday’s home Premier League match against Tottenham.

Guardiola explained: “Kovacic is injured. It will be a while. Three weeks or one months, more or less.”

“Some of them, yes. John [Stones] trained good yesterday, Manu [Akanji] trained good yesterday, Nathan [Ake] is coming back to training. We didn’t have central defenders. Now we have three. Just Ruben [Dias] is out, but hopefully he’s coming back soon.

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Kevin De Bruyne has been back in training too, though it remains to be seen if he will be risked from the start.

Oscar Bobb and Rodri are long-term absentees.

Man City predicted XI: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis; Stones, Gundogan, Silva; Foden, Haaland, Savinho

Injured: Rodri, Bobb, Dias, Kovacic

Time and date: 5.30pm GMT on Saturday 23 November 2024

Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester

TV channel and live stream: Sky Sports