Man City facing full-back conundrum vs Real Madrid amid new Kyle Walker setback
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKyle Walker will miss Manchester City's Premier League clash with Watford through injury and could be unavailable for the Champions League semi-final first-leg versus Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Walker has missed the last two games, and Pep Guardiola has confirmed he won't recover in time to face Watford on Saturday. If he misses the Real Madrid fixture then City will have no fit right-backs as Joao Cancelo is suspended.
That could leave Aleks Zinchenko as the only fit full-back option, with covering players John Stones and Nathan Ake also facing a race to be fit to face Watford. ALSO READ: Everything Pep Guardiola said in his latest City press conference "Walker will not be ready for tomorrow," Guardiola said on Friday, after initially indicating he might recover in time to feature. "He’s much, much better.
We’ll see on Tuesday if he has time. I have few, few thoughts about Madrid. Brighton and Watford were so important – tomorrow [Saturday] at 5pm, 7pm I will start to watch.
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