In the 6th round of the English Premier League, Manchester City will host Burnley at Etihad. Although Pep Guardiola's side started this season strongly, injuries to several players in the starting lineup caused serious problems for the team.
In the previous match against Arsenal, Abduqodir Husanov, Erling Haaland, and Nico O'Reilly suffered injuries and were unable to finish the game. It turned out that Husanov's injury was especially serious, and he needs to be treated for several days.
Guardiola spoke about the team's condition ahead of the match against Burnley, openly stating that a number of players will not be able to play:
- Erling Haaland is ready for this match, but Ryan Ait-Nuri, Ryan Sherki, Umar Marmush, and Abdukodir Khusanov will not be in the squad. Mateo Kovacic has a chance to play, but he's only just returned to training after the surgery and isn't ready to start right away," said Guardiola.
According to reports, the recovery process of the players in the hospital is under strict control by the Manchester club. According to Manchester sources and mancitynews.com expert David Talling, Haaland was expected to be the first to return to action, and this information has been confirmed.
He noted that Abdukodir Khusanov and Umar Marmush could help the team in an away match against "Brentford" on October 5. Ryan Ait-Nuri is expected to return to the field for the match against Everton on October 18th after the international break. French striker Ryan Scherky, who was acquired in the summer, will spend October away from home due to a serious injury and could be included in the squad for the match against Bournemouth on November 2nd.
Mateo Kovacic and Kelvin Phillips began training after the surgery, and the coaching staff announced that they would only be included in the starting lineup after fully regaining their form.
The English Premier League match between Manchester City and Burnley kicks off at 7:00 PM on September 27th.
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