On Saturday, Manchester City travels to Fulham in the Premier League; however, Jack Grealish will not be available for the Cottagers.
Jack Grealish’s absence from Craven Cottage hurt Pep Guardiola’s plans for Manchester City’s Premier League match against Fulham, which the team was scheduled to play.
For the first time this season, City was hoping to play in back-to-back games without any setbacks. They have only been healthy for two of the games thus far. Grealish, though, was not one of the City players who arrived at Fulham; instead, Pep Guardiola stuck with the starting lineup from last week’s match against Wolves.
Grealish would have hoped to establish himself as a starter for the final four games of the season after sitting out that match. Following this match, City will play Tottenham on Tuesday night. On the last day of the season, they will host West Ham at the Etihad, and on the final day, they will play Manchester United in the FA Cup final.
Grealish’s official excuse for missing the game was that he wasn’t feeling well, which may cast doubt on whether he will play for Spurs in four days.
Yes, according to Pep Guardiola (he’s okay). He felt a little unwell and unwell at the last minute, but he is fine.”
It’s also concerning to see John Stones sitting on the sidelines for the sixth straight game after making one start, which was cut short at halftime due to fitness issues. But after spending some time on the sidelines due to illness, Ruben Dias made a comeback, replacing Kyle Walker at right-back with Manu Akanji.
Guardiola continued, “Nothing specific,” when asked about his reasoning for starting Ruben Dias. Over the past two days, Kyle has not trained. Ruben is really dependable in these kinds of games, and we have one coming up on Tuesday. I have made that decision because of it.”
