KEVIN DE BRUYNE is a doubt for Sunday’s Manchester derby after picking up a back injury in the Carabao Cup final win over Aston Villa last weekend.
The Belgian, 28, was not fit for last night’s FA Cup win at Sheffield Wednesday and boss Pep Guardiola admits he does not know how long he will be out.
Kevin De Bruyne could miss the Manchester derby through injuryCredit: Rex Features
Man City face United for the eagerly-anticipated derby at the Etihad on Sunday.
Pep said: “Kevin was not fit. He fell down in a bad position in his back. I don’t know for Sunday.
“It’s better to go there winning games, being in the FA Cup than being out.”
City were never at their best at Hillsborough but Sergio Aguero’s goal puts them in the last eight.
The Argentine striker’s second-half winner against Wednesday failed to stop a telling off from Guardiola.
Aguero, who did not obey Pep’s orders, said: “He is a good manager and crazy!”
Guardiola was delighted to book a quarter-final trip to Newcastle later this month, saying: “What is important is that we are there.
“It’s the FA Cup. We cannot win the league, we have the FA Cup and Champions League so we knew it.
“It was their final. We prepared for that, we talked about this game and at the end we had success.”
Rivals United face Derby and Red Devils old boy Wayne Rooney in the FA Cup tonight.
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to rejig his attack, with Tahith Chong ready to start against the Championship side.
Odion Ighalo and Scott McTominay are also in line to start.
Solskjaer warns Rooney that any goals he scores for Derby against Man Utd in FA Cup will be taken off Old Trafford tally
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
