Pep Guardiola says Manchester Metropolis face an “emergency” in sure positions as he grapples with a punishing harm checklist forward of Saturday’s journey to Bournemouth. Metropolis went into Wednesday’s League Cup tie at Tottenham with out six first-team gamers, with Rodri, Oscar Bobb, Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish all sidelined.
Manchester Metropolis’s head coach Pep Guardiola reacts after a match.(AP)
They misplaced defender Manuel Akanji with a calf difficulty within the warm-up and ahead Savinho was taken off on a stretcher halfway by the second half with what seemed to be a swollen ankle.
Metropolis supervisor Guardiola stated after the 2-1 defeat that he had simply 13 senior gamers out there — the group ended the match in London with a clutch of academy graduates on the pitch.
Talking at his pre-match press convention on Friday Guardiola, whose group are one level away from Liverpool on the high of the Premier League, stated he had “many doubts” forward of the Bournemouth recreation.
“We have a lot (of injuries) in certain departments and certain positions, but it is what it is,” he stated. “I am pretty sure, like I have said many times to the team, ‘Guys, try not to feel sorry for ourselves’.”
Guardiola stated he was being pressured to make use of academy gamers throughout the disaster.
“We are using them because we are in an emergency in certain positions,” he stated. “But yes, some of them we trust them, like in the past, to help us.
“That’s the reason the academy is there. Not ultimate, however when the state of affairs calls for. Sure, we do not have another choice.”
Guardiola said the lengthy injury list did not make it more likely that the club would dip into the transfer market in January as he could have a fit squad by then, with the exception of long-term absentee Rodri.
“Once we are all collectively, the squad is sufficient,” he said. “It’s full. It’s good. It’s high. However then all people is totally centered and match.”
Guardiola extended a welcome to Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim, who was named as Manchester United’s new manager earlier on Friday.
“I congratulate him subsequent Tuesday (when Metropolis face Sporting within the Champions League),” he stated. “We faced each other as a team two or three seasons ago in the Champions League.”