LONDON - Manchester City winger Savinho and defender Manuel Akanji joined the club's lengthy injury list after their 2-1 League Cup defeat by hosts Tottenham Hotspur on Oct 30, leaving manager Pep Guardiola to lament that he is left with only 13 available players in his squad.
Savinho was taken off on a stretcher in the 62nd minute with an apparent ankle injury, while Akanji did not start the match due to a muscle issue during the warmup.
Spurs will meet Manchester United in the quarter-finals after defeating a much-changed City, thanks to goals from Timo Werner and Pape Matar Sarr before Matheus Nunes halved the deficit.
City are already without key players Kevin de Bruyne, Rodri and Kyle Walker while Oscar Bobb, Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish have also missed recent games, with several of them expected to return only after the November international break.
"We have 13 players (available) so we are in real difficulty. The guys that play, they finish most of them with problems and we'll see how they recover," said Guardiola after the match, adding that he will have only Erling Haaland and his two goalkeepers for the following day's training session.
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