{"id":8849,"date":"2026-05-15T16:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8849"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:27:25","slug":"eight-players-could-miss-man-city-vs-chelsea-fa-cup-final-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8849","title":{"rendered":"Eight players could miss Man City vs Chelsea FA Cup final this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_01dda3\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Manchester City make the trip to Wembley Stadium this weekend looking to bag their second trophy of the season<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33954817\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rodri is Manchester City's only injury concern heading into the FA Cup final\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/article33954817.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2272078292.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/article33954817.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_GettyImages-2272078292.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/article33954817.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_GettyImages-2272078292.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/article33954817.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2272078292.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Rodri is Manchester City's only injury concern heading into the FA Cup final\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Rodri is Manchester City&#8217;s only injury concern heading into the FA Cup final<cite aria-label=\"Image: Catherine Ivill - AMA\/Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Catherine Ivill &#8211; AMA\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Manchester City travel down to Wembley Stadium this weekend full of confidence. While all the focus is on the FA Cup final, City will have been buoyed by the 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday night. That cut the gap to Arsenal down to two points and ensured a positive mood ahead of the clash with Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City&#8217;s opponents are once again under the temporary management of Calum McFarlane. He masterminded a win over Leeds in the semi-finals and a creditable draw against Liverpool last weekend. McFarlane is guaranteed to be without <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Mykhailo Mudryk <\/strong>for this game as his anti-doping suspension continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Pedro Neto <\/strong>missed the last two Premier League fixtures but Chelsea are hopeful he will be fit enough to return this weekend. Former Manchester United winger <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Alejandro Garnacho <\/strong>also missed the Nottingham Forest and Liverpool games but McFarlane has been pleased with his progress too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><em>Click here to find out the latest Manchester City news in our daily newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Goalkeeper <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Robert Sanchez <\/strong>picked up a head injury in the defeat to Forest and was missing last weekend. McFarlane insisted the keeper trained well this week but would not confirm if he will start at Wembley. Youngster <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Jesse Derry <\/strong>suffered a horror head injury in that same game and is out for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In April, <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Estevao <\/strong>suffered a hamstring injury that will keep him sidelined going into the summer. Meanwhile, <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Jamie Gittens <\/strong>has been missing since the start of the year with Chelsea confirming in April he collected a hamstring injury during a training session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As for City, their squad is looking a lot healthier. Pep Guardiola confirmed in his press conference that <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Rodri <\/strong>remains a doubt and will be assessed between now and kick off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Other than that, Guardiola has a fully fit squad to choose from. This means Josko Gvardiol made it through the game on Wednesday night unscathed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nico Gonzalez was not on the bench against Palace, but Guardiola confirmed in midweek he was not injured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City make the trip to Wembley Stadium this weekend looking to bag their second&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}