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Pep Guardiola offers positive updates on Rodri and Erling Haaland amid Ederson question for Wembley

Final trophy chance: Pep Guardiola hopes the FA Cup can salvage a disappointing season for Manchester City

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Manchester City have injury doubts over Ederson ahead of their FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

Pep Guardiola said on Friday that he was unsure if Ederson would be fit.

City look set to again be without defenders John Stones and Nathan Ake despite the pair ramping up their respective returns from thigh and foot issues, though they at least suffered no fresh injury worries in the midweek defeat of fellow FA Cup semi-finalists Villa.

It remains to be seen exactly when key stars Erling Haaland and Rodri will be back in action for City, though Guardiola had a positive update on both when addressing the media before that latest Wembley visit.

“He feels better,” Guardiola said on top scorer Haaland, who was expected to miss up to seven weeks after injuring his ankle in the quarter-final win over Bournemouth last month.

Doubtful: Ederson has not played for Manchester City since the 5-2 comeback win over Crystal Palace

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“I said before I don’t know when. It’s not a comfortable injury. You have some twist in your ankle and then taping.

“It’s not comfortable. He’s not a small guy but he’s getting better step by step. Still, he doesn’t train with the team but we will see how he does.”

On Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, who has been building up his training workload in a bid to return this season from the anterior cruciate ligament injury he suffered against Arsenal back in September, Guardiola said: “Every training session he does with us, he does well.

“But I don’t know. Rodri wants [to play] but the doctor will have to say ‘Pep you have green light to give him minutes.’ I want to rely on the doctors in that case.”

Forest - a point behind City in fourth in the Premier League table but with a game in hand - are assessing a number of players before their first FA Cup semi-final appearance since 1991, including Ola Aina, Eric da Silva Moreira and Jota Silva.

Doubt: Ederson

Time and date: 4:30pm BST on Sunday April 27, 2025

Venue: Wembley Stadium, London

How to watch: ITV1