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Pep Guardiola left furious by fixture schedule as Man City latest team to suffer injury blow
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has lashed out at the fixture schedule after Kevin de Bruyne returned from international duty injured.The Belgian playmaker will miss Saturday’s clash with Arsenal due to a muscular problem he picked up during the 2-1 defeat to England at Wembley in the Nations League on Sunday.And Guardiola, who insists that the setback is only minimal, claims that De Bruyne has reached the end of his tether due to the constant demands for club and country, as well as a lack of pre-season.“I think it’s not big, I don’t know how long, but it’s a few days and I don’t know how many games he’ll be out,” said Guardiola.“No pre-season, eight days off, eight days holidays, the family with a newborn, his wife was pregnant, so