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Manchester City F.C. Vs Everton: Aguero, De Bruyne Close To Man City Return, Says Guardiola

December 15, 2018 by · Comments Off on Manchester City F.C. Vs Everton: Aguero, De Bruyne Close To Man City Return, Says Guardiola 

Manchester City F.C. Vs Everton: Aguero, De Bruyne Close To Man City Return, Says Guardiola, Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne are both ready to make comebacks for Manchester City as their injury-stretched squad attempts to cope with the busy December fixture list.

  Manchester City F.C. Vs Everton: Aguero, De Bruyne Close To Man City Return, Says Guardiola

Pep Guardiola will make a late decision as to whether to include both players in his squad for Saturday’s Premier League home game against Everton, but the key thing for the manager is the fact that his injury troubles are beginning to ease.

Guardiola claimed he was down to 15 fit senior players for Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League victory over Hoffenheim, and remains without a significant chunk of his squad going into the weekend.

Playmaker David Silva, full-back Benjamin Mendy and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo are longer-term absentees, while defenders John Stones and Danilo, plus midfielder Fernandinho, will have late fitness checks before Guardiola takes a decision on whether to include them.

Aguero, City’s 12-goal leading scorer, is in contention, though, having missed their past four matches with a groin problem.

Belgium midfielder De Bruyne is also back in full training after being restricted to just two starts this season because of two separate knee injuries.

He suffered ligament damage to his knee in August, and although he returned in October, he then injured his left knee during the Carabao Cup win over Fulham on November 1.

Guardiola is hopeful on both players, saying of Aguero: “He did the last two training sessions, including on Thursday, and he has no pain in his injury so we’ll decide.

“Kevin is in the same situation as Sergio. Yesterday he trained with no pain, we will see.”

The win over Hoffenheim enabled City to get back on track after the disappointment of seeing their 15-match unbeaten start to the Premier League season end in a 2-0 defeat at Chelsea last Saturday.

Guardiola’s priority now, though, is to reassert themselves domestically, having fallen a point behind new leaders Liverpool in the English title race.

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