Pep Guardiola fears Manchester City are “in trouble” with a growing injury list after Bernardo Silva became the latest player to be ruled out.
The Portugal international was substituted just before half-time in City’s 3-1 win against Red Star in the Champions League on Tuesday and Guardiola said he is expected to be out for “the next few weeks”.
The issue sees the midfielder added to an injury list that already consists of Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Mateo Kovacic and John Stones on the sidelines, much to Guardiola’s concern with some big matches coming up in the next three weeks.
“We are in trouble but I am not going to say: ‘Oh, we have a lot of injuries’. It is what it is,” Guardiola told reporters. “With the players we have, we will go for it. As long as we have that mentality, that is good. We have five really important players injured and to sustain that for a long time would be difficult.”
Guardiola’s team will be without Silva when they take on Nottingham Forest on Sunday, which will be followed by matches against Newcastle, Wolves, RB Leipzig and Arsenal