Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City is in ‘trouble’ and has just ’13 outfield players’ after his side suffered more injuries in Wednesday night’s EFL Cup defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.

Manuel Akanji and Savinho were the latest names to be added to City’s injury list, with the former injuring his calf in the warm-up and the winger being carried off on a stretcher in the second half of the 2-1 defeat.

“He got a knock in the 18-yard box but we’ll see tomorrow what happened,” Guardiola said at Savinho.

“We’ll have to see if it was just a knock or something else. It was on the leg, so hopefully nothing dangerous, but we’ll see tomorrow.”

In City’s defence, like Akanji, Josko Guardiol demanded attention immediately after the match while Guardiola says Ruben Dias also “struggles” after he was withdrawn at half-time.

The champions are next in action at AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday.

“It’s tough” Guardiola added. “Akanji felt something in the muscular part of his body – he wanted to take a risk, but we said, ‘No, no risk.’

“Ruben has a hard time sometimes too. It’s been harder game by game – maybe we’ll all come back at some point.

“I don’t know, I didn’t talk (to Gvardiol). Every time I entered (the dressing room) (someone) was on the table (getting) a massage: it was too full, too crowded! So, I don’t know.

“We’re in real trouble because the finishing guys had some problems but we’ll see how they recover. I think when we’re in trouble because in nine years I’ve never had this situation with a lot of injuries for a lot of reasons, in this situation the players step forward more than ever in everything they try to do.

“We have a short time for recovery this week. We have 13 outfield players. Tomorrow we have two goalkeepers and Erling Haaland in training. The rest, we have nothing else…”

Who else is out for City?

Man City are already out Kyle Walker, Rodri, Oscar Bob, Jeremy Doc, Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealishwith some of them not coming back for at least a few weeks.

“Our captain (Walker) is injured,” added Guardiola. “I don’t think he or Kevin will come back until after the national team break. Jack Grealish too.”

That means the trio will also miss the trip to Brighton & Hove Albion next weekend before possibly making a comeback after the international break on November 23 against Spurs.

In total, City could have up to nine first-team players unavailable for the trip to Bournemouth.

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Who can Guardiola call?

Assuming Dias and Guardiol aren’t ruled out for Bournemouth, here are the 13 first-team outfielders Guardiola says he has to choose from:
Defender: Åke, Dias, Guardiol, Lewis, Stones, Wilson-Esbrand; Midfielder: Foden, Gundogan, Kovacic, McAtee, Nunes, B.Silva; Forward: Haaland.

Who can be called from the Academy?

The injuries present an opportunity for some talented City youngsters to gain some first-team experience on Saturday.

Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (aged 18), who made his senior debut at Spurs, Nico O’Reilly (19), James McAtee (22) and Jacob Wright (19) can all contain. O’Reilly was among the players praised by Guardiola after his performance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

“The Nico we saw tonight was the Nico we faced last season – what a game he played,” Guardiola said. “This competition is very good for giving players this chance. Jahmai was exceptional at centre-half in the minutes he played.

“James McAtee – what a game he had – and Nico and Jacob played really well. I’m really happy with what I’ve seen – really happy. Ninety minutes, so composed against a team that is so, so dangerous.”

Who else was injured in the EFL Cup?

Man City weren’t the only team to suffer in midweek. Crystal Palacepp Eberechi Eze and Adam Wharton both retired early in their win at Aston Villa while the Spurs Micky van de Ven also had to withdraw with a suspected hamstring problem.

See: Latest Premier League Injuries