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Dias and Doku injury boost for title race
Manchester Evening News
|January 31, 2026
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Guardiola after with Pep coming off injured against Galatasaray
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Dias will return to training next week for City as Pep Lijnders outlined what the team need to chase down Arsenal in the Premier League title race.Dias could be available to face Liverpool as early as next Sunday with positive news as well on Jeremy Doku.
Doku provided two assists to help City beat Galatasaray in the Champions League in midweek, but was forced off in the first half with another injury.
The Belgian winger was making his first start since suffering a problem to his knee in the Manchester derby but had to come off.
Pep Guardiola said after that game that he hoped Doku would be fit again when they return to Champions League action in March and the diagnosis yesterday was even more positive.
This story is from the January 31, 2026 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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