There are still absentees for Guardiola to contend with, as John Stones and Ruben Dias missed out again. Oscar Bobb continues his recovery from a fractured leg and Rodri is a long-term absentee.

Pep Guardiola is hoping that John Stones and Ruben Dias have put their injury problems behind them but will have to wait for an injury update on new signing Nico. City defenders Stones and Dias played ...

John Stones was not directly to blame for Arsenal ... And it does not help that Stones and Ruben Dias have started just one Premier League game together in ten months. Pep Guardiola felt compelled ...

It would be a blow for Manchester City if Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias were both unavailable for their trip to Madrid to take on ...

With fellow centre-backs Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias out and new signing ... “The problems continue but John can help us for our ‘final’ on Wednesday.” Stones excelled in a defence-midfield ...

John Stones' inability to ... to give time for Ruben and Nathan to come back." Article continues below Guardiola added that Stones 'has to play' on Wednesday against Club Brugge in the Champions ...

Pep Guardiola claims he has to play the undercooked John Stones in Manchester City’s ... even if he is not fully match fit, because Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake are injured and Abdukodir Khusanov ...

Pep Guardiola is hopeful Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias will be fit to face Real Madrid in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League ...

Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake also missed the win over ... whether to recall Dias and Ake in central defence or stick with John Stones and Abdukodir Khusanov, who played the full 90 minutes against ...

while Vitor Reis was on the bench and John Stones came on for his first Premier League appearance in a month. Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias are both currently out, though, while Oscar Bobb and Rodri ...