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Manchester City is prepared to make a wholesale change after Pep Guardiola admitted that they cannot continue with injured players.
John Stones fears on the sidelines with a problem of the thigh, his fourth setback of the season, and may need surgery after stopping five minutes after Wednesday's defeat at Real Madrid.
Collectively, City's team has lost the surprising 100 Premier League games among them this season through physical aptitude.
Guardiola did not hit the history of Mail Sport that the club is ready for a clear.
“We have to sit with doctors, players, agents and be clear that some of them cannot keep playing every three days,” Guardiola said.
'This is reality. Many players cannot sustain what we have done in the past every week in the week. Playing in different competitions, travel without problems. Can you tell me where my concern is? That's all.
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Guardiola emphasized that the city 'cannot handle' its busy schedule with its current group
'We deserve to have a bad season, it can happen. The reality is for the future if we want to be there again, in the last stages of the Champions League, we need players in form and available. Of course I am worried.
'Sometimes it can happen, but it happens many times. It is very, very demanding: the equipment is faster, faster, stronger and we cannot handle it at this time. I remember that before the first leg against Madrid we had all the central defenders and said: “Boys, now you will see.” A week later, two central defenders for months. The season has been so.
Next to the stones, Akanji faces eight weeks with an injury in the groin. Ruben Dias and Ake, with Abdukodir Khusanov, are Guardiola's central defensive options for the predictable future, starting when they meet the leaders of the Liverpool League on Sunday.
Stones, Kevin de Bruyne, Nathan Ake, Ederson, Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku have suffered multiple injuries this year.
From Bruyne, whose contract expires at the end of the season, was a substitute not used in the Bernabéu in the middle of the week and only the bank did when the city humiliated 5-1 at the Arsenal three weeks ago.
“The relationship with Kevin is exceptional: I can't thank him enough for what he has done for me and the team,” Guardiola added. 'It's just a decision. I usually don't talk about why they don't play.
'They are decisions about what I have seen for some reasons. It is never personal or that I am annoying (with them).
'Perhaps because of the demands of the way we need to play, for the absence of strength we have and physical, we need more control and not above and below. It is not personal.