Pep Guardiola tests positive for Covid-19 amid outbreak at Manchester City ahead of Swindon Town FA Cup tie
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Updated 06/01/2022 at 17:01 GMT
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and his assistant Juanma Lillo have tested positive for Covid-19 as an outbreak engulfs the club. Both coaches are currently self-isolating. City play Swindon Town in the FA Cup third round on Friday evening. Fellow Premier League manager Sean Dyche will also miss his Burnley side's game against Huddersfield due to a positive Covid test.
‘We will play with the ones we have available’ - Pep's assistant Borrell says City plan to play
Pep Guardiola has tested positive for Covid-19 as seven first team players and 14 backrooms staff are forced to self-isolate.
Guardiola recorded a positive test on Tuesday along with assistant Juanma Lillo and are both self-isolating.
The Premier League champions have confirmed 21 members of the first team bubble have tested positive.
City play League Two club Swindon Town in the third round of the FA Cup on Friday. Assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell will take charge of the team for the trip to Swindon.
Despite their Covid-19 outbreak, Borrell insists the team are mentally prepared to take to the field, albeit with limited options to choose from.
"At the end of the day, it's possibly going to be one of most easy line-ups we have had to decide because we're just going to play with the one that we have available," he said.
"We don't have much more. Our aim is to keep playing as much as we can, trying to respect all competitions.
"At this moment we can field a team. I don't know in the following days what is going to happen, but right now it's an easy decision to decide the line-up because we will play with what we've got.
"We have some first team players, and some others that are going to come from our second team."
Elsewhere, Burnley boss Sean Dyche will also miss his side's cup tie against Huddersfield Town on Saturday afternoon after testing positive for Covid-19.
The Premier League club said: “Burnley Football Club can confirm manager Sean Dyche will miss this weekend’s FA Cup third-round tie at home to Huddersfield, after testing positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Sean will now follow the mandatory self-isolation protocols.”
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