David Silva set to be sidelined for Man City’s crunch clash at leaders Liverpool

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Manchester City are likely to be without David Silva for next Sunday’s crunch clash with Liverpool&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed the veteran Spanish playmaker suffered a muscular injury in the champions’ hard-fought Premier League win over Southampton on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-google-query-id&equals;"CMXCuJ7p0uUCFddYFQgdpHcG5Q">Silva did not return for the second half at the Etihad Stadium after sustaining the problem in the latter stages of the first period&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div data-google-query-id&equals;"CMXCuJ7p0uUCFddYFQgdpHcG5Q"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div data-google-query-id&equals;"CMXCuJ7p0uUCFddYFQgdpHcG5Q">https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ManCity&sol;status&sol;1190660717231382528<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div data-google-query-id&equals;"CMXCuJ7p0uUCFddYFQgdpHcG5Q">&NewLine;<p>Guardiola said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;David Silva was injured&period; Five minutes before the first half ended he told me he had a muscular problem&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When he has a muscular problem and cannot play more minutes it is because he has something and when it is a muscular problem it is always a minimum of 10-12 days&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That would rule out the 33-year-old&comma; who is in his final season at City&comma; until after the international break&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>City travel to Italy to face Atalanta in the Champions League in midweek before travelling to Anfield on November 10&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">No way near as tense watching it second time round 😉<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Look back at our <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;premierleague&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;premierleague<&sol;a> win over Southampton 😍<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>🔵 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;ManCity&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;ManCity<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;8Wx0YTPpIF">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;8Wx0YTPpIF<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Manchester City &lpar;&commat;ManCity&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ManCity&sol;status&sol;1190750844066652160&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">November 2&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Guardiola’s side trail the Reds by six points heading into that game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Liverpool have not been beaten in the league since their loss at the Etihad last January and their last home defeat came in April 2017&period; They have dropped just two points this term&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is undoubtedly a key fixture in the title race but&comma; with so much of the season remaining&comma; Guardiola does not see it as must-win&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Guardiola said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are going to try but I don’t think so&period; How many centuries and they don’t lose at Anfield&quest; We will see&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Now we go to Italy and when we come back we go to Anfield&period; Many things are going to happen and there are a lot of games to play&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wednesday’s game at the San Siro in Milan could be viewed as a distraction with City already five points clear at the top of Group C&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But victory would secure a place in the knockout stages and Guardiola has no intention of easing up or selecting his side with next weekend in mind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Spaniard said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Do you think we can prioritise four titles in one season if we prioritise games&quest;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re going to play with the best team possible to win at Atalanta and after we go to Anfield&period; The best way to go to Anfield is to play a good game against Atalanta&comma; 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