Phil Foden could miss City’s FA Cup clash with Arsenal after ‘struggling’ with foot injury
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Phil Foden could miss Manchester City’s FA Cup clash with Arsenal after ‘struggling’ with a foot injury sustained in the loss to Manchester United with Pep Guardiola set to rest his star for Tottenham if he follows ‘a little uncomfortable’
- Phil Foden is currently unable to shake off a nagging foot injury, keeping him out
- The Englishman lost 3-0 against Wolves and was on the bench in the middle of the week
- Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal take on Manchester City at the Etihad on Friday night
Phil Foden is struggling with a nagging foot injury that could keep him out of Manchester City’s FA Cup clash with Arsenal on Friday.
Foden, who has started just three Premier League games since mid-October, suffered the problem during a 2-1 loss to Manchester United on January 14.
The Citizens have survived since the English star was left out. Despite a slow start, they accounted for Tottenham in midweek, before an Erling Haaland-inspired thrashing of Wolves.
Phil Foden hasn’t featured for City in his last two games and could miss again on Friday
Pep Guardiola revealed that the issue has yet to be resolved, with Foden feeling sore after trying to train in preparation for yesterday’s win at Wolves.
‘It was an action at Old Trafford, a jump with (Aaron) Wan-Bissaka. He fell and had a foot problem,” Guardiola said.
He’s been struggling with it. It is painful. After two or three days of rest he improves and starts (to play) and gets off.
Foden was injured during an air clash with Manchester United’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
So we have decided that he stays with the doctors and recovers well to see if he can get there against Arsenal.
If he’s not fit, we’ll wait until the next game against Spurs (February 5). He can’t train well, he’s a bit uncomfortable, so we decided to give him a few days off.”
Arsenal will arrive in the North West on Friday in stellar form, fresh off a stunning 3-2 win against Manchester United on Sunday.
Waiting for Manchester City are in-form Arsenal, who won a thrilling Sunday against United.
