Kevin De Bruyne was forced off during Man City’s win at Tottenham (Picture: Getty Images)
Pep Guardiola could not confirm whether Kevin De Bruyne will be fit for Manchester City’s crunch game with West Ham on Sunday.
The Belgian suffered an ankle injury in the 2-0 win at Tottenham on Tuesday night, forced off in the second half as a result.
The Premier League champions head into the final day of the season against the Hammers knowing a victory will secure them a fourth straight title, but they could be without the influential midfielder.
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Guardiola said of De Bruyne: ‘We will see today. Yesterday he was off, today we train.’
The 32-year-old said after the game in north London that he felt he was ‘alright’ despite the painful knock.
‘I think I’m alright,’ he said. ‘The place in the Achilles is really sore. It felt a little bit like a knife in the moment I had the impact but it’s an impact [injury] so it’s not bad, I’ll be alright.’
Manchester City will certainly be without first choice goalkeeper Ederson on Sunday after suffering a small fracture of his eye socket in a collision with Cristian Romero at Tottenham.
De Bruyne was clearly in a lot of pain on Tuesday night in north London (Picture: Getty Images)
The Brazilian goalkeeper will miss the final Premier League outing of the campaign and the FA Cup final against Manchester United, with Stefan Ortega set to replace him.
Manchester City are hot favourites to beat West Ham and secure the title, but Guardiola was keen to point out that he is expecting a difficult game.
‘I’m ready for it to be a tough game. I’ll put in the mind of the players, look at Tottenham,’ he said. ‘[West Ham] will be ready to beat us. It was the same with Aston Villa two years ago.
‘Our people have to be here and be ready, to be with us from the start and do it together.’
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