Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola expressed his confidence that the injury crisis in the defense line will not hinder the team in its last steps towards winning the English Premier League title.
The defensive options against Manchester City faded after the duo Aymeric Laporte and Fernandinho, who were key players in the central defense against Wolverhampton, were injured during that match.
With the absence of John Stones, Robin Diaz and Kyle Walker, as well as the lack of full fitness of Nathan Ake, Guardiola is awaiting the condition of his players as he prepares for the match scheduled against West Ham on Sunday in the penultimate 37th stage of the league.
With Manchester City close to winning the title for the fourth time in five years, Guardiola is confident that whoever he chooses will rise to the challenge.
Guardiola said in comments published by the British news agency “PA Media”: “Things could have gone better, but I said several times that we have to deal with absences.
Before the last two stages of the league, Manchester City leads with 89 points, three points ahead of second-placed Liverpool.
Guardiola said: If we had several matches and several months, we would have faced a big crisis, but in one or two matches, the players will do their best, even if they play in a different position.
He added: The concentration of players is sometimes higher when playing in a different position. Like we saw against Wolverhampton, and they are capable of it.
Kevin De Bruyne scored a hat-trick to lead Manchester City to a 5-1 victory over Wolverhampton.
Manchester City raised its score in the last four league matches to 19 goals, consolidating its advantage by goal difference against Liverpool.
Thus, Manchester City will put forward on the podium in the event of a victory in tomorrow’s match, as it will have a six-point advantage over Liverpool, who plays the FA Cup final against Chelsea later on Saturday.
However, Guardiola feels the job is not done yet: things in football change very quickly. When you think things are settled and you are in control, you might get punched in the face.
And he added: At the same time, when things seem catastrophic and horrific, one week can change everything, before that I was only thinking about facing Wolverhampton, and now I only think about facing West Ham.
