We must reflect what to do to recover him.” – Pep Guardiola GAMEWEEK 16 TAKEAWAYS WOLVES’ DEFENCE IS THE REAL DEAL… And he has not performed well in the last two games. “Gundogan is struggling a lot with his back. Venturing back to City, and Ilkay Gundogan is a bit of a doubt for Gameweek 17 after three successive starts, a dip in performance levels and a back injury: We’ll have to see how long it takes.” – Ralph Hasenhuttl The doctor said he had not seen it very often. “Che Adams also has a very strange injury in the hamstring. Hopefully they are not too serious but they were unable to continue. Southampton have real problems up top, with Che Adams missing today because of a “complicated” hamstring injury and both Adam Armstrong and Armando Broja limping out of the defeat to Arsenal with muscle issues. The player who seemed likeliest to benefit from Jota’s absence, Divock Origi, missed out because of a knee problem picked up in training on Friday – exactly the same thing that happened to Pascal Struijk. The consolation for owners of that trio, at least, is that they’ll be in a decent position to challenge for a start in Gameweek 17.
On the injury front, Phil Foden, Emile Smith Rowe and Diogo Jota all overcame fitness issues to make their respective clubs’ substitute benches and scored a grand total of two points between them.