Pep Guardiola has revealed Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Ruben Dias face a combat to be match for treble-chasing Manchester City’s FA Cup closing conflict with Manchester United on Saturday.
Belgium midfielder De Bruyne, England winger Grealish and Portugal defender Ruben Dias missed City’s 1-0 defeat at Brentford by way of damage on Sunday.
The Premier League champion, which faces Inter Milan within the Champions League closing in June 10, is seeking to match Manchester United’s feat of successful all three main trophies in a single season.
But City’s hopes of defeating its bitter rivals at Wembley subsequent weekend could be hit if De Bruyne, Grealish and Dias are unable to get better from their accidents in time.
Asked if the gamers who missed out towards Brentford could be match to face United, City boss Guardiola mentioned: “I don’t know right now. Hopefully.
“Ruben, Jack and Kevin couldn’t play. It is what it is. I think they will be ready but it’s hard to get ready in training. That’s why I had to see the players who played today.”
Pinnock’s Eighty fifth-minute strike made Brentford the one group to do the double over City this season, and solely the fifth since Guardiola took over in 2016.
“I’m pretty sure we would have behaved a little bit different if we needed the points,” Guardiola mentioned.
“I don’t have any complaints of how we behaved, I said to the players just now ‘you won the title, enjoy two days with your families and then we will prepare for the first final’.
“The guys who didn’t play who normally play were exhausted yesterday, mentally completely drained. They needed to rest to arrive with the right energy to face United.”
