No one is available in Manchester City, does Guardiola still need to reduce its lineup?

In the 8th round of the World Cup African Qualifiers that ended yesterday, Egypt challenged Burkina Faso as a visit. Marmush injured his knee in a fight three minutes after the opening. His injury made Manchester City fans nervous.

Knee injury, the future is uncertain, according to Egyptian national team doctor Mohamed Abu El El Ella, Marmush's knee ligament contusion, according to general rules, mild knee ligament contusion requires 2 to 4 weeks of recovery, while severe contusion requires 6 to 8 weeks of recovery. If the anterior and posterior cruciate ligament is damaged, or even reconstruction surgery is required, Marmush needs further examination to determine the injury.

Ait Nuri and Marmush were injured one after another, and Guardiola's persistence in the small lineup is puzzling.

No one available in Manchester City, Guardiola was slapped in the face

26-year-old Marmush is worth 75 million euros. He has played for Manchester City three times this season and contributed 1 assist. After Marmush was injured, Manchester City's wounded members can already piece together a starting lineup, including Husanov, Stones, Rico Lewis, Nico O'Reilly, Ait Nuri, Savignho, Foden, and Ko Vacic and Gvadior are both recovering from injuries.

Middle last season, Manchester City suffered repeated defeats due to insufficient lineup depth and had to urgently buy multiple players in the winter window. In the final stage of the 2025 summer window, Guardiola left the lessons of last season behind and asked the management to clean up redundant staff and streamline the lineup many times. His persistence in the "small lineup" is puzzling.