Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola has confirmed that two of his key players will miss his side’s Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday evening.
The players are Mateo Kovacic and Ruben Dias.
Guardiola, who signed a new contract with the club yesterday, spoke at his pre-match press conference on Friday.
According to the 53-year-old, Kovacic is injured, while Dias will be back to action soon.
“Kovacic is injured. It will be a while, a few weeks or one month,” Guardiola said.
“John (Stones) trained good yesterday, Manu (Akanji) trained good yesterday and Nathan (Ake) is coming back. Just Ruben (Dias) is out but hopefully, he will be back soon. We didn’t have central defenders and know we have three.”
EPL: Guardiola confirms two key Man City players to miss Tottenham clash
