'He Still Has Pain!': Pep Guardiola Confirms Major Setback For Manchester City On De Bruyne's Injury

Manchester City are all set to face Tottenham Hotspurs in round of 16 tie of English League Cup. Ahead of game, Manchester City manr Pep Guardiola has confirmed a major injury blow to club. 

Ahead of encounter, Pep Guardiola addressed his press conference and confirmed that Kevin De Bruyne's injury looks worse than expected as he's given a timeline on star midfielder's comeback. 

Kevin De Bruyne injury update 

Kevin De Bruyne picked up a groin injury back in September during Manchester City's Champions League group st encounter against Inter Milan and has been missing from action since n. expectation was for De Bruyne to mark his return this month but rehab hasn't gone to plan. 

Pep Guardiola in his press conference confirmed that despite De Bruyne returning to training he is still expected to be missing from action for atleast ar month. According to Pep, Belgian midfielder still has pain in leg and isn't match fit. 

“Kevin de Bruyne can't play yet. He feels better, can train, but level we need for competition, when he kicks ball he still has pain,” revealed Pep Guardiola in his press conference. 

Pep furr gave a timeline on De Bruyne's return and confirmed that re is chance midfielder will return before international break in vember. 

“Hopefully, after international break he can feel good,” added Guardiola. 

Manchester City fans will be hoping De Bruyne can return quickly from injury as he will be crucial in Premier League title race against Liverpool and Arsenal. 

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Manchester City's injury crisis

four time defending Premier League champions Manchester City are going through a bit of injury crisis with many of ir star players out injured. 

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With biggest injury coming in form of Rodri who is out of season with ACL. Aside from Rodri and De Bruyne, Manchester City are also without Kyle Walker, Jeremy Doky, Jack Grealish and Oscar Bobb.