{"id":1116580,"date":"2019-11-24T11:25:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T11:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1116580"},"modified":"2019-11-24T11:25:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T11:25:43","slug":"sergio-aguero-injury-man-city","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/sergio-aguero-injury-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola fears Aguero injury will sideline Man City striker for &#8220;toughest period&#8221; of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pep Guardiola fears the injury sustained by Sergio Aguero during Manchester City&#8217;s 2-1 win over Chelsea is a &#8220;bad&#8221; one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Argentine striker was withdrawn in the 77th minute as Man City got back to winning ways at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, being replaced by Gabriel Jesus.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Man City&#8217;s injury crisis deepens: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Man City have already seen the likes of Aymeric Laporte, Leroy Sane and Oleksandr Zinchenko sidelined with injury this season.<\/li>\n<li>Ederson missed the defeat to Liverpool, while midfielders Fernandinho and Rodri have both had to play as centre-backs.<\/li>\n<li>Aguero, David Silva and Rodri all came off during Man City&#8217;s 2-1 win over Chelsea on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>Guardiola fears Aguero&#8217;s injury is a serious one.<\/li>\n<li>But he did at least reveal that Silva and Rodri had only suffered from cramp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7430941\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBut while Aguero initially thought the injury was suffered because of a kick from an opposition player, Guardiola revealed fears of a muscular injury which could rule him out for some time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think Sergio will be bad,&#8221; Guardiola told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11679\/11868711\/sergio-aguero-suffered-a-bad-muscular160injury-against-chelsea-says-pep-guardiola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports<\/a> after the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The doctor will have to look, he thought it was a kick, but it&#8217;s maybe he has strained something.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hashtag United: How YouTube Works For Us... Squawka Mini-Doc Ep.3\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QVqwSR4qAOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The feeling is if it is muscular, we are going to lose him in the toughest period of the season, but it is what it is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have young players and we will try.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Man City have already struggled with numerous injury problems throughout the course of the 2019\/20 campaign and also had to watch Spaniards Rodri and David Silva forced from the pitch against Frank Lampard&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>However, Guardiola eased fears around the midfield pair, insisting they were merely suffering from cramp and tiredness.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1116543\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/man-city-2-1-chelsea-player-ratings\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1116543\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1116543\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23192932\/manchester-city-2-1-chelsea-ratings-featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23192932\/manchester-city-2-1-chelsea-ratings-featured.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23192932\/manchester-city-2-1-chelsea-ratings-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23192932\/manchester-city-2-1-chelsea-ratings-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23192932\/manchester-city-2-1-chelsea-ratings-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23192932\/manchester-city-2-1-chelsea-ratings-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23192932\/manchester-city-2-1-chelsea-ratings-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23192932\/manchester-city-2-1-chelsea-ratings-featured-940x530.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1116543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">READ MORE:<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/man-city-2-1-chelsea-player-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">De Bruyne shines and Pulisic struggles: Every player rated as City overcome Chelsea at the Etihad<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;With Rodri and David Silva, they were problems with cramp, and they were tired,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Rodri is a month and a half without playing games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;David after the international break didn&#8217;t train too much and after these games, you need some rhythm in your legs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These games are so demanding and that&#8217;s why it happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola fears the injury sustained by Sergio Aguero during Manchester City&#8217;s 2-1 win over Chelsea is a &#8220;bad&#8221; one. The Argentine striker was withdrawn in the 77th minute as Man City got back to winning ways at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, being replaced by Gabriel Jesus. 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