Manchester City have been handed a double injury blow ahead of their clash with Chelsea.<\/p>\n
Manchester City have suffered a double injury blow ahead of their Premier League clash with Chelsea this weekend. City lost ground in the title race on New Year\u2019s Day after failing to find a way past a resolute Sunderland side, drawing 0-0.<\/p>\n
City are now four points behind Arsenal in the title race, although things can change quickly given the busy schedule at this time of year. For City, they face Chelsea as soon as this Sunday ahead of taking on Brighton in mid-week.<\/p>\n
That kind of busy schedule will continue with weekend and mid-week football continuing until mid-February, although that includes the Carabao Cup, FA Cup and Champions League.<\/p>\n
City will want a fit squad for that busy run, but they have suffered two fresh blows ahead of this weekend\u2019s clash with Chelsea. Nico Gonzalez was forced off with an injury against Sunderland, and he was followed by Savinho, who also picked up an issue.<\/p>\n
Guardiola did not comment on the Gonzalez injury, which could be a positive for City, but he said of Savinho: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t look good.\u201d Naturally, both players will need to be assessed, but it is not a stretch to say Savinho is likely to miss the Chelsea game this weekend.<\/p>\n
The Blues will feel they will take any help they can get after a disruptive start to the New Year following the sacking of Enzo Maresca on New Year\u2019s Day. Chelsea are on course to go into that City clash without a full-time manager, and it\u2019s unclear how the players have responded to Maresca being sacked.<\/p>\n
Guardiola on City shortcomings<\/p>\n
Speaking about City\u2019s draw with Sunderland after the game, Guardiola said: \u201cThe amount of chances we missed in the six-yard box, not difficult ones, we could not convert. We created enough chances. We didn\u2019t do what we talked about in the first half but we played good in the second half. The commitment, the desire, the first half was different.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two chances from Savinho in the second half, Jeremy (Doku), Josko (Gvardiol), Phil (Foden) and Erling (Haaland). We had a lot but unfortunately we could not do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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