During his press conference two days before the match against Everton, Pep Guardiolacoach of Manchester Cityalso spoke about the injured players: “We will train this afternoon and we will see how many players we will have available. At the moment I don’t know. I haven’t spoken to the doctors yet, but apparently if John (Stones, ed.) was unable to continue in the second half against Aston Villa is because he wasn’t ready.”
What are the plans for City at Christmas?
“We train today, we train tomorrow evening, we will stay here and play on Boxing Day. In this situation, there is no perfect opponent. We need to get results as quickly as possible, which will help us reduce the distance to the return of the players players. Now we are facing Everton, they are in a good moment, the results and performances demonstrate it, and we hope that with our men we can be consistent and get a result.”
The ranking
1. Liverpool 39 (17 games played)
2. Chelsea 35 (17)
3. Arsenal 33 (17)
4. Nottingham 31 (17)
5. Aston Villa 28 (17)
6. Bournemouth 28 (17)
7. Manchester City 27 (17)
8. Newcastle 26 (17)
9. Brighton 25 (17)
10. Fulham 25 (17)
11. Tottenham 23 (17)
12. Brentford 23 (17)
13. Manchester United 22 (17)
14. West Ham 20 (17)
15. Crystal Palace 16 (17)
16. Everton 16 (16)
17. Leicester 14 (17)
18. Ipswich 12 (17)
19. Wolves 12 (17)
20. Southampton 6 (17)