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Pep Guardiola: Phillips arrived overweight

Updated on: 25 December,2022 08:41 AM IST  |  London
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City manager Guardiola was initially vague over why the injury prone 27-year-old was not even on the bench for Thursday’s League Cup win over holders Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium

Pep Guardiola: Phillips arrived overweight

Pep Guardiola. Pic/AFP

Pep Guardiola said Friday that Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips had returned from his World Cup stint with England “overweight” and unable to train. 


City manager Guardiola was initially vague over why the injury prone 27-year-old was not even on the bench for Thursday’s League Cup win over holders Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.


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But following a 3-2 victory that took City into the quarter-finals, Guardiola said: “He’s not injured. He arrived overweight. I don’t know [why]. He didn’t arrive in the condition to do training sessions and to play. When he will be ready he will play, because we need him, we need him a lot.”

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