Manchester City: Pep Guardiola faces two hard blows before Arsenal

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By: Manu Tournoux

This is one of the shocks which will inevitably be decisive for the end of the season in the Premier League. This Sunday, Manchester City (3rd) hosts leader Arsenal for a summit meeting on the other side of the Channel (5:30 p.m.). But while the Gunners are in insolent form – they have won all their league matches in 2024 – the Skyblues have no room for error in front of their home crowd. However, the Cityzens will have to cope without two senior players. Indeed, John Stones and Kyle Walker are already absent for the match against the London club.

Injuries. Ederson is doing much, much better. Kyle and John are missing. It's like that», confirmed Pep Guardiola laconically at a press conference. As a reminder, England's two defensive captains were injured during the Three Lions rally. While Walker suffered a hamstring injury against Brazil, Stones gave up his place with an adductor injury on Tuesday against Belgium. Pep Guardiola will have to rack his brains to put together a competitive defense against the Gunners as he confirmed that Walker's injury was more serious than that of his teammate…

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