Twenty-one Manchester City players trained on Monday morning ahead of the Blues' Champions League trip to FC Copenhagen.
City beat Copenhagen 5-0 last week, and face a quick turnaround for the return fixture in Denmark, knowing victory against the bottom seeds will see them qualify for the Champions League knockout stage with two group games remaining.
Pep Guardiola used the home win over the Danes to rest a number of players, and also took Erling Haaland off at half-time, with more changes made for Saturday's 4-0 win over Southampton. On Monday, ahead of the squad's flight out to Denmark, Guardiola had a training squad of 21 at the City Football Academy.
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The only players missing were Kyle Walker, John Stones and Kalvin Phillips, as expected. Walker underwent groin surgery last week and faces a race to be fit for the World Cup in November, as does Phillips, who is also recovering from surgery on his shoulder. Stones suffered a hamstring issue last week and Guardiola confirmed at the weekend he is not yet ready to resume training.
There were also places for youngsters Rico Lewis and Josh Wilson-Esbrand, in Monday's training session, who have both featured off the bench in recent games, and are included on City's Champions League squad 'B List', along with Cole Palmer.
City fly out to Copenhagen later on Monday, when Guardiola and a player will speak to the media on arrival at around 6pm UK time. The game then kicks off at 5.45pm UK time on Tuesday, after which the squad will fly back to England and prepare for the Premier League trip to Liverpool on Sunday.
City training squad vs FC Copenhagen : Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Lewis, Cancelo, Dias, Akanji, Ake, Laporte, Wilson-Esbrand, Gomez, Rodri, Gundogan, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Grealish, Foden, Mahrez, Alvarez, Palmer, Haaland
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