Manchester City suffer a huge injury blow ahead of today’s Carabao Cup final | OneFootball

Ahead of today’s Carabao Cup final against Arsenal, it seemed that Manchester City entered today’s match with an almost fully fit squad. Josko Gvardiol and Marc Guehi were the only two City players ruled out of today’s match. Gvardiol is injured, and Guehi is ineligible to play today at Wembley Stadium. Ahead of kickoff, it has been revealed that Ruben Dias will miss today’s match due to a hamstring injury. That is a huge blow for Pep Guardiola’s side, as the leadership and experience that Dias provides will be sorely missed.

Ruben Dias has been ruled out of today’s match due to a hamstring injury.

Sam Lee has reported for The Athletic that Ruben Dias will miss today’s Carabao Cup final due to a hamstring injury. As per Sam Lee’s report, Dias wasn’t selected in Portugal’s squad for their upcoming friendlies against Mexico and the United States. It has not been revealed at this stage how long Dias is set to be sidelined for.

How Manchester City line up at the back will be fascinating to see.

Manchester City will miss Ruben Dias today at Wembley. The Portuguese international is Manchester City’s defensive leader, and his experience would have been vital to Pep Guardiola’s side today. With Marc Guehi also out of today’s match, City have lost two key players in defense for today’s match. That is a blow that Pep Guardiola’s side will have to overcome if they are to beat Arsenal at Wembley today.

How Pep Guardiola sets up his defence will now be fascinating to see. It would be expected that Abdukodir Khusanov will start at Wembley. It looks to be down to a choice between John Stones or Nathan Ake to partner the young centre-back. Ake and Stones have the experience to thrive at Wembley, although there are question marks that surround their durability.

Losing Ruben Dias for today’s match is a big blow for Manchester City. His leadership and experience will be missed and now it will be up to his teammates to pick up the slack in that regard.