Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne, Aymeric Laporte, and John Stones will miss Wednesday’s Champions League last 16 first leg with RB Leipzig.
The club’s coach, Pep Guardiola who spoke during a pre-match press conference on Tuesday, February 21. said De Bruyne and Laporte were both sick and could not be included. January signing Maximo Perrone, Northern Irish starlet Shea Charles and Man City Under-21 midfielder Alex Robertson have been selected for the trip to Leipzig in their place. Stones, on the other hand, is still in recovery from a thigh injury picked up in the FA Cup victory over Arsenal last month.
Guardiola said; “It is what is during the season, unfortunately. [De Bruyne] didn’t feel good right after the game with Forest on Sunday. Yesterday, Aymeric [Laporte] didn’t feel good. It happens sometimes.” Leipzig had also said that Spanish midfielder Dani Olmo would miss the match while France forward Christopher Nkunku was in doubt and would, at best, start from the bench.