Giovani Lo Celso Injury: Will miss Sunday's game

Lo Celso (muscular) suffered an injury a few minutes after coming off bench in Thursday's clash against PAOK in the Europa League and will miss Sunday's clash against Alaves, coach Manuel Pellegrini confirmed in a press conference. "It's difficult to give a diagnosis right now, but both are muscle injuries and they definitely won't be available for the weekend. Aitor felt discomfort and stopped in time, Gio's injury happened a minute after he came on. We won't know for sure until we have the medical tests, but what's certain is that they won't be ready for the next match."

Lo Celso will miss Sunday's clash against Alaves after suffering a muscular injury a few minutes after coming off the bench in Thursday's clash against PAOK in the Europa League. The playmaker will likely be assessed in the coming hours to know the extend of the injury and his absence will force a change in the starting XI since he has been a regular starter in the frontline in the absence of Isco (ankle), with Pablo Fornals likely to start as the number 10 while Nelson Deossa could find a starting role deeper in the midfield against Alaves.