24-man Manchester City squad spotted in training ahead of Feyenoord clash – Four players absent | OneFootball

Manchester City have put together their final preparations ahead of their UEFA Champions League meeting with Feyenoord on Tuesday night.

Pep Guardiola and his players are desperately wanting to end their five-game losing streak immediately, having succumbed to a shock 0-4 loss at home to Tottenham in the Premier League on Saturday evening.

Defeat to Ange Postecoglou’s men followed back-to-back losses on the south coast at the hands of Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion and 2-1 scorelines in each, whilst Tottenham inflicted the first of five defeats in the Carabao Cup fourth round.

This week will also be a chance for Manchester City to return to winning ways in the UEFA Champions League too, after Sporting CP issued a 4-1 scoreline on Pep Guardiola’s players in Lisbon prior to the international break

Phil Foden had originally put Manchester City ahead in that encounter to issue some hope of a victory, however a Viktor Gyokeres hat-trick and Maximiliano Araujo goal early in the second-half cut-short those hopes and secured a comfortable win for the hosts.

As Feyenoord make their own way to the north-west of England in the build-up to this week’s clash under the lights, Pep Guardiola and his players have now finalised their work before the meeting with the Eredivisie club.

24-man Manchester City training squad vs Feyenoord

Goalkeepers: Ederson, Ortega, Carson.

Defenders: Walker, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Simpson-Pusey, Wilson-Esbrand, Naylor, Gvardiol, Ake.

Midfielders: Wright, O’Reilly, Gundogan, De Bruyne, McAtee, Foden, Bernardo, Nunes.

Forwards: Savinho, Haaland, Doku, Grealish.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb remain absent as expected as they continue their longer-term recover from their respective knee and leg injuries, with no return to training expected any time soon.

Mateo Kovacic also remains away from the Manchester City squad after the injury sustained whilst on international duty with Croatia earlier this month, with the expectation being that he will be ruled out of action for between three weeks and a month.

One new concern for Pep Guardiola is the absence of John Stones, who was missing from training and the second-half of the 0-4 loss to Tottenham having been replaced at half-time of the contest with Nathan Ake coming on in his place.

No updates have been issued on Stones’ problem and the severity of any new injury sustained.