{"id":639833,"date":"2024-05-17T10:33:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=639833"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:33:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:33:23","slug":"manchester-city-kevin-de-bruyne-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/17\/manchester-city-kevin-de-bruyne-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City Confirm Major Injury Concern Ahead of Season Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City might have to play without Kevin De Bruyne in their title-deciding clash against West Ham on Sunday. The star midfielder was forced off with an ankle injury against Tottenham in mid-week.<\/p>\n<h2>Pep Guardiola Offers Injury Update on Kevin De Bruyne<\/h2>\n<h3>The Final Step<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester City reclaimed the Premier League\u2019s top spot by defeating Tottenham 2-0 on Tuesday. The Citizens are on the verge of claiming their fourth league title in a row, but there is still one game to be played.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/18\/manchester-city-rayan-ait-nouri-wolves\/\" target=\"_self\">Citizens Eyeing Summer Move For \u2018Phenomenal\u2019 Star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tight race between the holders and Arsenal, which has been ongoing for several months, will finally come to a conclusion this weekend. The leaders host the Irons while the Gunners hope to keep their title hopes alive by beating Everton at the Emirates.<\/p>\n<h3>Latest Injury Updates<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Guardiola <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mancity.com\/citytv\/mens\/pep-guardiola-pre-west-ham-premier-league-press-conference-63851528\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> he expected a similar situation to the final day of the 2021\/22 season when the Citizens claimed the trophy after a dramatic win over Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>De Bruyne was crucial to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/match\/66720\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">victory<\/a> that day, but he might have to stay out of Sunday\u2019s clash against West Ham.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/16\/injury-stats-arsenal-and-manchester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Injury Stats Reveal Secret Behind \u2018Historic\u2018 Arsenal And Man City Runs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Asked about the 32-year-old&#8217;s fitness, Guardiola admitted the midfielder\u2019s participation in the next game is not guaranteed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mancity.com\/news\/mens\/pep-guardiola-west-ham-injury-news-premier-league-63851539\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying<\/a>: \u201cWe will see today. Yesterday we were off and today we\u2019ve got training and I will see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Nathan Ake returned to the squad after recovering from a minor calf issue. However, Ederson is expected to miss his side\u2019s last two games of the season after suffering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mancity.com\/news\/mens\/injury-update-ederson-63851458#:~:text=He%20has%20since%20undergone%20scans,wishes%20Ederson%20a%20speedy%20recovery.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fracture<\/a> to his right eye socket against Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/04\/manchester-city-premier-league-player-of-the-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Phil Foden\u00a0Given Massive Boost In Player Of The Season Race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are in better shape in terms of their injury concerns ahead of the final matchday. Bukayo Saka limped off the pitch against Manchester United on Sunday, but Mikel Arteta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/news\/breaking-arsenal-dealt-major-bukayo-29155973\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> he had avoided an injury. Jurrien Timber, who has stayed out with injury since the first week of the campaign, could make his long-awaited return against Everton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City might have to play without Kevin De Bruyne in their title-deciding clash against West Ham on Sunday. The star midfielder was forced off with an ankle injury against Tottenham in mid-week. Pep Guardiola Offers Injury Update on Kevin De Bruyne The Final Step Manchester City reclaimed the Premier League\u2019s top spot by defeating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":639852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1830,17,30,3],"tags":[471],"class_list":["post-639833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-injuries","category-manchester-city","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-kevin-de-bruyne"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}