'Never Was So Angry': Guardiola Vents Fury After Kyle Walker Gets Added To Man City's Injury Woes

Manchester City 's troubles have been inevitable lately, but one of the worst hit ones will be the injury issues which the storied franchise is suffering from injuries as they attempt to keep their case for major titles like the UEFA Champions League and the EPL. But some of the club's top players are currently out of action as they battle injuries which they sustained while competing in international friendlies. City FC manager Pep Guardiola is utterly disappointed with all the setbacks which the franchise football club has sustained.

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Pep Guardiola Upset over Kyle Walker's Injury After Coming Off From International Friendlies

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted that he has never been angrier than near the end of last season when Kyle Walker and fellow City and England defender John Stones returned from the international break with injuries sustained in friendlies.

“I never was so angry like that moment — never ever before was I so disappointed. It was a friendly game. We were playing in the quarterfinals against Madrid, and in the Premier League to win it. For a friendly game, two players came back injured. I didn’t like it at all.

“Before when I was a football player, the manager of the national team called the managers from the clubs. Now nobody talks about how (the players) feel, how they are. They don’t want to get injured. Always I encourage them to go to the national team. It’s a pleasure. But when there is a friendly game, you cannot come back injured. I’m sorry,” Pep Guardiola said.

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The Injury setbacks had cost Manchester City big time as the injuries kept Walker and Stones out of the club's critical match-ups in the Premier League title run-in and a quarterfinal meeting with Real Madrid in the Champions League. City was ousted by Madrid on penalties after back-to-back draws.

Rodri, Oscar Bobb, and Kevin De Bruyne are currently absent from City's roster. While De Bruyne is the closest to returning and has resumed training, Guardiola said the midfielder is still not feeling well after suffering a groin injury against Inter Milan in the Champions League on September 18.

[With AP Inputs]