Manchester City Injury Update: Pep Guardiola’s Uncertainty Over Kyle Walker, With ‘No Vomit’ Status on Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden Before Real Madrid Clash

In a few days, Manchester City will take on Real Madrid in round two of their blockbuster tie. With the score tied at 3-3, both teams have everything to play for. At the Bernabeu, the Sky Blues were without their talismanic midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne. However, his replacement Phil Foden, had a sizzling performance and even scored a goal. But, in the closing stages, the Englishman had a dead leg and was substituted. With fans concerned about KDB and Foden’s availability, manager Pep Guardiola has issued an update on the superstar duo. Moreover, he also revealed his plans for Kyle Walker, who recently returned to the team.

In his latest presser, the Manchester City boss was quizzed on whether Foden was planned to start against Luton Town initially. Guardiola said, “No. No vomits today for Phil. He feels perfectly.” A lot of leaks, incorrect…” Hence, it seems Foden has recovered from his dead leg and is ready to face off against Los Blancos.

The story was similar for Kevin De Bruyne. The midfielder played 75 minutes against Luton Town. Per the Spanish manager, “Yeah. No vomits today. [Did he want to stay on the pitch vs Luton?] No, no, no, no. I’m the boss. With 3-0 at 75 minutes, (whistles) bench with me….” It is worth noting that Kevin De Bruyne missed out against Real Madrid after puking just before the match. It was believed that it was due to the Belgian eating something at the team hotel. Hence, Guardiola would be relieved that the playmaker has fully recovered.

Speaking of recoveries, Kyle Walker recovered from his hamstring injury and was on the bench against Luton. Yet, Guardiola kept cards close to his chest regarding Walker’s participation against Madrid.

Will the ‘important’ Kyle Walker help Manchester City neutralize Vinicius Junior

Veteran defender Kyle Walker is back to fitness, but he faces some challenges in getting back to the starting XI. According to his manager, “I know how important is Kyle [Walker] against the players of Real Madrid, but he was not in Madrid and the behaviours of Manu [Akanji] and John [Stones] and Ruben [Dias] and Josko [Gvardiol] – they played incredibly well. So we will see…” Hence, it seems there is a chance that the Sky Blues will keep the same defensive line from the first leg.

However, what Walker offers Manchester City is a searing recovery pace. The Englishman is one of the few defenders on the planet able to keep up with the likes of Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe. Walker’s battle against Vinicius last year was legendary and the Brazilian was eager to face off against him again. However, at 33 years of age, perhaps Pep Guardiola might avoid risking the defender who has a skillset unlike anyone else in the squad.