Official update on Savinho after Manchester City star leaves Tottenham pitch on stretcher and in tears | OneFootball

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has issued an update on the fitness of Savinho, after the Brazilian left the pitch against Tottenham in tears after an ankle injury.

The Brazil international became the eighth Manchester City player to seemingly be restricted to the sidelines through an injury in what is becoming an increasingly precarious position for Pep Guardiola and his coaching staff.

The injury to Savinho only added to City’s woes on Wednesday evening as their unbeaten run in the ongoing season came to an end by crashing out of the Carabao Cup at the fourth round stage via Tottenham and goals from Timo Werner and Pape Sarr.

While City are unlikely to be too affected by the exit from the competition, with their priorities lying in the Premier League and Champions League in particular, the state of play in their first-team squad in terms of available players may have huge ramifications on their season.

In the wide positions, Savinho’s exit via the aid of a stretcher at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium leaves Pep Guardiola with no natural wingers at his disposal, barring a positive outcome on medical testing on the winger’s ankle injury in the coming hours and days.

Speaking after defeat in the Carabao Cup, Pep Guardiola issued a small update on the Brazilian after the contest prior to the club returning to the City Football Academy in the early hours of Thursday morning.

“He had a knock in the 18-yard box, a potential penalty, and we’ll see tomorrow what happened, we will see tomorrow,” Guardiola said.

“We have to see if it just a knock or something else, it was on the bone. Hopefully it’s nothing dangerous, but we’ll see tomorrow.”

Manchester City’s post-Tottenham recovery session and training ground duties were also confirmed to be heavily limited, as Guardiola went on to say, “We have two goalkeepers and Erling Haaland in the training session. The rest, we don’t have anything else.”

City will begin preparations for their weekend trip to Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon over the coming 48 hours, before two more away trips are on the agenda for Pep Guardiola’s side before the international break.

Next week will see Manchester City visit Lisbon for a clash against Ruben Amorim’s Sporting prior to his move to become Manchester United manager, before closing out the latest block of fixtures with a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion in the English top-flight.