Pep Guardiola has revealed that Jeremy Doku has picked up a muscular problem forward of Manchester Metropolis’s enormous conflict at Liverpool.
Doku was not in Metropolis’s matchday squad for the second leg of their Champions League final 16 tie towards FC Copenhagen on Wednesday evening.
The Residents journey to Anfield on Sunday for what might be the most important sport of their season with the perimeters separated by only one level on the high of the Premier League desk.
Victory would put them high and certainly make them clear favourites for the title forward of Liverpool and Arsenal.
However they might be with out wildcard winger Doku, whose absence for the Copenhagen match was defined by Guardiola earlier than kick-off:
‘He had some muscular issues so we didn’t wish to take the chance.’
Doku missed eight matches in December with a muscle harm, together with Metropolis’s triumphant Membership World Cup marketing campaign.
The Belgian worldwide is having fun with his first season on the Etihad having joined from Rennes final summer season, with 4 objectives and 6 assists in 29 appearances.
For the Copenhagen sport, Guardiola made seven adjustments from the facet that got here from behind to beat Manchester United final Sunday.
Solely Ederson, Nathan Ake, Rodri and Erling Haaland retained their place within the beginning XI, with the Residents 3-1 up from the primary leg in Denmark.
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‘In soccer every part can occur, and we’ve to pay attention to that,’ the supervisor added.
‘We now have respect for Copenhagen and the way they play. The Champions League is Champions League.
‘One of the best eight groups in Europe [will move to the next round]. We now have the prospect to be in quarter-finals once more and that is the goal. We’re not far off that.’
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