Man City Don Suffer Double Injury Blow Before Newcastle Trip

Pep Guardiola don confirm say Manchester City go miss two key players for dem clash against Newcastle United on Saturday. Di City squad dey head to St James’ Park after dem don win four matches back-to-back for all competitions, including di recent 3-0 beating wey dem give Liverpool before di international break.

Di win push Man City enter second place for Premier League table. Even though dem no fit pass Arsenal for top dis weekend, Guardiola men sabi say if dem fit grab three points for Tyneside, di gap go reduce to just one point before di north London derby on Sunday. But City go waka go north-east without Mateo Kovacic and Rodri. Kovacic don rule out with ankle injury, while Rodri still dey for sideline with thigh injury wey even make am miss Spain duty during di last international break. Guardiola tell Di Shields Gazette say: “Everybody is fit except Kova and Rodri. Rodri dey make good steps. E understand say we need real time to recover mentally and physically to maintain consistency till season end.”