Man City team news: Pep Guardiola handed injury boost ahead of Arsenal clash, Gundogan out
Manchester City take on Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Sunday.
City boss Pep Guardiola was handed an injury boost heading in the the FA Cup clash.
Star Gabriel Jesus has recovered from his broken foot injury which had him sidelined for two-months.
Guardiola was quoted by the official Manchester City website as saying: “(He’s) much, much better, today he made part of training with us. He’s is coming back with his happiness, and we are so happy. We are going to travel, all the group, to Wembley, he will be part of that and after that we’ll see.”
See More: ‘The Turkish Cavani’ – Man City fans react to Enes Unal scoring 18th goal on social media
Jesus faces a fitness test over whether he will be able to start or not.
In other Man City team news centre-back John Stones is out after failing to recover from a muscle injury that resulted in him missing the Premier League clash against Southampton.
Guardiola has rotated his side for the FA Cup and is expected to stick with Will Cabellero over Claudio Bravo.
Germany international of Turkish origin Ilkay Gundogan has been ruled out with injury and right-back Bacary Sagna is expected to miss the game as well with a groin problem.
Provisional squad: Caballero, Bravo, Zabaleta, Navas, Kompany, Otamendi, Clichy, Kolarov, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Delph, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Sane, Nolito, Aguero, Jesus, Iheanacho.
