Defender Manuel Akanji was excluded from the return of the Champions League in Manchester City with Real Madrid and his match in the Premier League with Liverpool amid fears that he could be appointed to an extended absence of a muscle problem.
The center was replaced in Switzerland at the end of the first half in a 3-2 defeat by Real Madrid at Al-Ittihad on Tuesday.
City Face Real in the second stage next Wednesday before hosting Liverpool on Sunday, February 23.
Director Pep Guardiola was not asked about Akanji in the aftermath of the game, but he is expected to submit an update from the 29 -year -old, in addition to the Jack Grillish striker – who was replaced in the first half – when the regular media carries him a briefing on Friday before a match His team with Newcastle on Saturday.
However, sources said that Akanji had been excluded from the immediate matches of the city.
This is the latest in a series of problems of defensive injury that Guardiola had to deal with this season, which he mentioned over and over, is the main cause of the shows and results less than the city's quality.
Both defenders John Stones and Nathan Ak Dias have just returned from the last absence.
The stones were used in the middle of the stadium in the middle of the week, as Guardiola tried to cover the hole left by the Walon Rodri winner, who tears the front cruciate ligament (ACL) on his right knee during the city draw 2-2 with Arsenal in September.
Guardiola included a new signature of Niko Gonzalez in his team for a real confrontation, but the Spanish midfielder left the bench throughout the defeat after being forced to injure in the first half of his first appearance in Lateon Orient last Saturday.
