Manchester City have just three fitness concerns heading into the weekend Premier League fixture at Crystal Palace: Kyle Walker, Ederson and Nathan Ake. We’ll start with Walker who has missed City’s last two games, the tediously boring draw with Arsenal and the rout over Aston Villa. The right back suffered a hamstring injury while with England during the March international break.
He’s ruled out of this one, but could be available for the big UEFA Champions League clash with Real Madrid on Tuesday night; according to various reports
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We’ll see if Walker wins the race against time to be fit for that one. Meanwhile Ederson remains out, since having suffered his thigh injury against Liverpool, in that critical score draw. The Brazilian goalkeeper won’t likely return until later this month.
Finally, manager Pep Guardiola said the following about defender Nathan Ake, who suffered a calf injury last night: โI donโt know exactly the timing. For sure, the next games he wonโt be ready.โ
Sounds like he is ruled out until mid-to-late April.
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