Pep Guardiola describes the new Julian Alvarez role as Man City receives a double injury boost.
As they get ready for the Premier League’s return this weekend, Manchester City received good injury news on Friday.
Despite a promising start to the season, Pep Guardiola’s team has performed admirably thus far to keep its perfect record.
Nottingham Forest travel to the Etihad Stadium.
Following their 3-1 victory over Crvena Zvezda in their opening match of their Champions League defense, City enters this match with a lot of confidence.
Although Bernardo Silva’s latest injury had a minor negative impact on the outcome, the Blues have little cause for complaint.
This evening’s Etihad headlines are examined by MEN Sport along with the most recent injury information coming from the club.
Injury boost for city.
On the eve of City’s Premier League match against Forest, Guardiola can finally share some encouraging injury news: two City stars are getting closer to returning.
In Tuesday’s Champions League victory over Crvena Zvezda, Bernardo was taken off with what appeared to be an injury; Guardiola later announced that the Portuguese player would miss the “next games.”.
In addition to long-term absentee Kevin De Bruyne, City were also without Mateo Kovacic, John Stones, Jack Grealish, and Guardiola said they are “in trouble” with their injury list.
Grealish started working out again on Wednesday, and Guardiola has provided encouraging updates on both the winger and Kovacic.
Bernardo won’t be accessible, though.
The new role for Alvarez is described by Guardiola.
Julian Alvarez has seized the opportunity to start regularly for Manchester City, according to Guardiola, which was made possible by the injuries to other players.
This season, according to Guardiola, the newly acquired playmaker has risen to the top of the City team roster.
With a brace in Tuesday’s Champions League victory over Red Star Belgrade, Alvarez, who has had a strong start to the season, increased the number of goals he has scored.
The Argentinean has also scored twice in the Premier League, including the game-winning goal against Newcastle, and has appeared in all five games.
Alvarez’s growing significance to the team was demonstrated by the fact that he didn’t start five straight league games until May of last year.
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