Cardiff vs Manchester City team news: Benjamin Mendy out with foot injury

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James Robson @jamesrobsonES21 September 2018

Benjamin Mendy has been ruled out of Manchester City’s game against Cardiff with a bruised metatarsal in his left foot.

Sources claim the problem is minor - but Pep Guardiola admits he doesn’t know when the World Cup winner will be back in action.

Mendy hasn’t played since the 2-1 win against Newcastle before the international break, suffering damage to his fifth metatarsal since returning to City.

Guardiola initially claimed the 24-year-old was suffering discomfort in his knee, but it has emerged the problem is in his foot.

City will take no risks with the left back, who missed the majority of last season with knee ligament damage.

“He has a problem in his bone,” said Guardiola. “I don’t know (how long he will be out). It is his foot.”

Guardiola is looking for an immediate response from his team after Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat to Lyon on the Champions League.

Despite being critical of his team at the start of the season, the City manager insists tiredness cannot be an excuse, despite many of his players’ involvement in the World Cup.

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“I don’t believe in the physical condition,” he said. “The mind controls everything.

“What you need to do on the pitch with or without the ball. They are young, train every day and we take care of them.

“We do absolutely everything for them.

“Why was it slow first half and second half we were aggressive? It’d be the opposite.

“There were problems at the start, we didn’t defend well and missed some balls in different positions.

“Here every game is like a final. One or two mistakes and you are out. We have a chance, with five games still to go."

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