Man City dealt yet another injury blow with Dias ruled out | OneFootball

Ruben Dias is set to be out for up to four weeks with an injury, Man City boss Pep Guardiola has revealed.

It comes as a further blow to Guardiola and City, who have been badly affected by injury problems this season with Dias’ absence due to a muscle injury that he picked up in the Manchester derby.

Guardiola said: “[He will be out for] three or four weeks. It was a muscular injury. [After] 75 minutes against Manchester United, he felt something. He is so strong and he stayed on the pitch and now he is injured.”

Dias has played 13 of City’s 16 league games this season and has been one of the few ever-presents in a side that has been riddled with injuries.

Manuel Akanji and John Stones are returning to fitness. “Manu and John are back training over the past two days, which is good for us,” Guardiola said.

City’s defeat to Manchester United means they have won just one of the last 11 games in all competitions and speaking about how he has handled this run, the City boss added: “I handle the good moments – I handle good, the bad moments.

“I have had bad ones in my career as a manager but we were able to come back and now it takes longer. I take experience with that.

“I have had 40 days of bad days in terms of results. That is the truth when you compare to eight years which is much better. There have been eight years of incredible [results] and now we have 40-45 days of [bad results].”