Man City: Pep Guardiola delivers John Stones injury update and latest team news ahead of Everton clash Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he doesn’t expect John Stones to feature against former club Everton on Boxing Day.
City welcome an Everton side that have kept five clean sheets in their last six games and held Arsenal as well as Chelsea to goalless draws to the Etihad Stadium, and Guardiola is not exactly looking forward to the upcoming test.
“We train this afternoon [Tuesday] so we will see how many players we have available,” he added, when asked about the latest Man City team news with regards to Ederson and Matheus Nunes, who missed the Villa game.
An unused substitute in the recent Manchester derby loss, Stones started against Aston Villa at the weekend but was replaced at half-time as City slumped to yet another defeat.
Speaking after the game at Villa Park, Guardiola confirmed that Stones had suffered a fresh setback, insisting he wasn’t in the right moment to make “tactical and creative changes”.
