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Manchester City face a slight injury crisis with four key players left out of their squad to face Everton on Wednesday night. City struggled early in their campaign and continued their triumph last time out. Ten wins, four draws and three defeats from their opening 17 matches leaves them fifth in the table ahead of the trip to Saudi Arabia for the Club World Cup. They faced South American champions Fluminense,
winning 4-0 to become world champions. andquot;The more you win, the more they want you to fail,andquot; Pep Guardiola told the press after the huge victory. andquot;I felt that people were waiting in Barcelona from day one. People say and#039;how well they play, the methodology, how brilliant it is and#039; but that’s because I win. andquot;They don’t understand anything we do, but they only give credit because we win. You have to look beyond that. If you don’t win, there will be doubts. This is good. Doubt (us) again. Let’s see what happens.andquot; There were many doubts about City in the first few weeks, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa took the initiative in the Premier League.
These teams will feel even more confident about their chances as the defending champions deal with some injuries. READ MORE: Arsenal news and transfers LIVE – De Ligt transfer, Ousmane Diomande signing, double injury update READ MORE: David Raya opens up about Aaron Ramsdale’s involvement in Arsenal’s battle for custody The match against Everton will be without the duo of Ruben Dias and Jeremy Doku, which will be a huge blow to their chances of victory. Then there are the other two absentees of Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne, a pair who add star power and match-winning power to the team. Both have been out for a few weeks, hoping they might be back soon, but it looks like it will still be a while. “He’s not with the team yet,” Guardiola told Amazon Prime about Haaland.
“He’s feeling better but he hasn’t been training with us. Hopefully he can be back with us in January. As for De Bruyne, he added: “Last week he trained with us, today he was a bit tired because he trains hard. It remains to be seen how important any of these absences could be once the title is decided. Amazon brings you ten live matches from Boxing Day until 28 December, including big clashes such as Manchester United v Aston Villa, Everton v Manchester City, Arsenal v West Ham and more. You can watch any games by signing up for a 30-day free trial, which you can cancel at any time.
