Pep Guardiola provides injury update with City facing defensive crisis for FA Cup semi-final

Manchester City are again back to the top of the Premier League by a single point due to goals by Kevin de Bruyne and Leroy Sane against Cardiff. But Pep Guardiola’s side are facing defensive crisis ahead of their FA cup semi-final against Brighton & Hove Albion. Manchester City are likely to be without left back Oleksandr Zinchenko for the FA Cup semi-final against Brighton at the weekend. The 22-year-old came off in the first half of the 2-0 win against Cardiff City at the Etihad on Wednesday night with what looked like a hamstring injury and Pep Guardiola confirmed he was not confident over his fitness for Saturday's gamae. "It doesn’t look good," Guardiola said in his post match press conference. "Right know I don’t know but it doesn’t look good for next game." Fabian Delph is also out and Benjamin Mendy could be back in contention to replace the player. "We will see tomorrow how he trains and how he feels but we don’t have many options," Guardiola added.

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