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Isaac Johnson

Why John Stones got injured in Man City vs Arsenal as Pep Guardiola surprised by Mikel Arteta

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Saturday, January 28.

Pep Guardiola explains why John Stones got injured for Man City vs Arsenal

Pep Guardiola feared John Stones was going to get injured during Manchester City's FA Cup win against Arsenal after noticing he didn't look ready from the first whistle.

Stones went off with a hamstring injury just before half-time in the 1-0 win and was replaced by Aymeric Laporte, but Guardiola thought his centre-back looked tired and vulnerable to injury.

READ MORE: Ake proved Guardiola right vs Arsenal

City have nine days until they next play, away at Tottenham in the Premier League, but if scans confirm a hamstring injury then Stones is likely to miss that game and much of the Blues' February schedule, which includes a Premier League game at Arsenal in the middle of the month.

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Why Pep Guardiola was surprised by Mikel Arteta in Man City's FA Cup win over Arsenal

Pep Guardiola didn't expect Mikel Arteta to tell his Arsenal players to go man-for-man in their FA Cup fourth round fixture at the Etihad but played down the importance of the game on the forthcoming league fixtures between the title rivals.

Arsenal man-marked all over the pitch and the approach caused City problems in what was turned into a low-key affair, settled by Nathan Ake's second-half goal.

City have nine days until they next play, away at Tottenham in the Premier League, but if scans confirm a hamstring injury then Stones is likely to miss that game and much of the Blues' February schedule, which includes a Premier League game at Arsenal in the middle of the month.

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