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Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker are major doubts for Manchester City\u2019s FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool on Saturday, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.<\/p>\n
The pair were both substituted after suffering injuries in Wednesday\u2019s fractious Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n
That game ended 0-0 but City progressed to the semi-finals with a 1-0 win on aggregate.<\/p>\n
Both players were unable to participate as City held a training session at Millwall\u2019s ground on Friday having travelled straight to London from Spain.<\/p>\n
Guardiola confirmed playmaker De Bruyne had required stitches in a foot wound while Walker had suffered a twisted ankle.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a press conference at the Championship club\u2019s ground, Guardiola said: \u201cThey didn\u2019t train today. We\u2019ll see tomorrow but apparently it\u2019d be so close after what happened on Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ill-tempered affair with Atletico ended with a melee involving several players from both sides in injury time and further scuffles broke out in the tunnel afterwards.<\/p>\n
Guardiola did not want to comment immediately after the match and was still in no mood to do so after two days\u2019 reflection.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the past,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not talking about it. We have an important game tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
One player who was able to train on Friday was defender Ruben Dias, who was an unused substitute in midweek having been out since the start of March with a thigh injury.<\/p>\n
Guardiola said: \u201cHe did train today. It was his third session with us.\u201d<\/p>\n
City are facing Liverpool for the second time in a week after last weekend\u2019s thrilling 2-2 draw in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
The result left Guardiola\u2019s defending champions just one point ahead of their title rivals in the Premier League with seven games left.<\/p>\n
Liverpool also progressed to the Champions League semi-finals this week with a 6-4 aggregate victory against Benfica.<\/p>\n
The semi-final at Wembley will either end Liverpool\u2019s bid for an unprecedented quadruple or extinguish City\u2019s hopes of becoming only the second English team to win the prized treble of the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.<\/p>\n
AFP<\/p>\n
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