City sweat on fitness of two central defenders
Manchester Evening News|April 22, 2022
CITY faced Brighton on Wednesday with all four centre backs fit for the first time in over a month - but they ended the match with two of them having been substituted with injury concerns.
EDWARD BURNETT
City sweat on fitness of two central defenders

John Stones and Nathan Ake were being assessed by City yesterday after they were withdrawn early from the fixture at the Etihad.

With the vast array of attacking talent among City's ranks, manager Pep Guardiola usually has a challenge on his hands on who to pick week-in week-out for the Premier League champions.

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