Manchester City have another midweek game ahead of them in what has already been a very busy 2024/25 season.
For their sixth and final match of October, City will be taking on Tottenham Hotspur away in the last 16 of the Carabao Cup.
Their previous match saw Pep Guardiola’s side snatch a narrow 1-0 win over Southampton at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday.
To get into this stage of the Carabao Cup, the Blues beat Championship side Watford 2-1 thanks to goals from Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes.
With their attention now turned to their meeting with Spurs in the capital, the City boss has shared an update concerning the injury situation surrounding his squad and what he’s hoping to see on the night.
Pep Guardiola assesses Tottenham Hotspur clash amid Man City injury crisis
When asked about the current fitness situation ahead of Wednesday’s Carabao Cup clash against Spurs, Guardiola gave this assessment in his latest press conference.
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He said: “Few players [out], but we’re going to try and do a good game, try and go through. Last season we were out against Newcastle, played really well. So perform well, this is what I want, no injuries please, and go to the last week before the international break.”
Who is currently out injured for City?
In terms of long-term injuries, City have Rodri out injured for the rest of the season as well as Oscar Bobb not being likely to return to training until December.
In addition to that, the Blues were also without Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku for their win against Southampton, which is likely to be the case again against Spurs.
In fact, Guardiola hinted that he could turn to City’s academy for the match against Tottenham, saying this after the Saints win.
He said: “We will see what happens. In this calendar, the Carabao Cup is just to play with the young players.
“We will see if we play with academy players or see how they come back fresh from that.”
Taking all of that into account and this latest cryptic update from Guardiola about his available players, it could be a very interesting starting XI the Catalan comes up with for Wednesday’s match against Tottenham.
Either way, the main objective could be leaning towards getting through the match with no extra injury problems rather than just focusing on winning.