Pep Guardiola confirms major Man City injury boost as new signing revealed
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Manchester City have been handed a major injury boost ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash against Paris Saint-Germain. John Stones, who has not featured since December’s loss at Aston Villa, has travelled to the French capital for the game. Fellow defender Ruben Dias, who had missed five league games with injury played the full 90 minutes in their 6-0 thrashing of Ipswich Town on Sunday and is also fit.
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"Ruben is back, John is back, and the people up front, they are coming back as well. Thanks for that, now game by game, let's see what happens," Guardiola told reporters on Tuesday. With two matches still remaining in the new league phase, City are looking to claw their way up the Champions League table. The top eight teams qualify automatically for the last 16, while teams finishing ninth to 24th will compete in two-legged knockout playoffs to secure their spot in the last 16.
"Step by step the players are coming back and hopefully we can be there in the Premier League and qualify here. Today John came back to the team, that is incredibly good news for us," Guardiola said. "We can add to the position that we struggled a lot all season. We could not find our rhythm and the guys who have been with us, I could not demand (a faster return) from them as there was a fear of being injured.".
