Man City Without Stones And Walker For Crunch Encounter Against Arsenal
Manchester City will be without John Stones and Kyle Walker for this weekend's crunch Premier League encounter against Arsenal.
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The pair picked up injuries on national team duty with England during the recent international break.
Walker limped off early with a hamstring problem in England's 1-0 defeat to Brazil while Stones suffered an adductor issue in a 2-2 draw with Belgium.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola however delivered some positive news on the injury front, with goalkeeper Ederson making a quicker-than-expected recovery to put himself in the frame for the big game.
Ederson went off injured in the 1-1 draw at Liverpool and missed Brazil's recent friendly games as a result.
Manchester City are currently third on the Premier League table, one point behind leaders Arsenal.
“Ederson is much better but Kyle and John are out,” Guardiola said at his pre-match press conference. “It is what it is.
“For Kyle it will be more tougher than John (in terms of recovery), but I don’t know for how many games he will be out.”
Asked if he was surprised that Stones had started both England friendlies, Guardiola would only say: “I don’t have any comments on that.”