Pep Guardiola provides encouraging update on the fitness of Manchester City trio Kyle Walker, John Stones and Nathan Ake ahead of Watford Clash

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The Premier League leaders return to action less than 72 hours after seeing Brighton with a supreme second-half display to reclaim top spot in the table following Liverpool’s 4-0 demolition against Manchester United in midweek.

In grave danger of going down with six league games to play, Watford will be hoping to upset the east side of Manchester, with Roy Hodgson admitting his side cannot afford to face the Blues and risk a hammering.

As for the hosts, who were knocked out of the FA Cup by Liverpool at the weekend, the focus remains on retaining the Premier League title and potentially going all the way in Europe ahead of a League of Nations semi-final. champions with Real Madrid.
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John Stones came out for City against Brighton and needed ice on his hamstrings before being replaced by Oleksandr Zinchenko which had raised doubts over the England international’s availability against Watford.
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Speaking to the press ahead of Saturday’s clash, Pep Guardiola said Stones suffered from ‘negligence’ and that an evaluation on the physical condition of the 27-year-old player will be made on Saturday, which will also be the case for Nathan Akewho was replaced by Ruben Dias at half-time against Brighton.

City have also missed Kyle Walker in their recent games against Liverpool and Brighton after the right-back suffered what appeared to be a potentially dangerous injury in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Atletico Madrid. last week.

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