{"id":287454,"date":"2023-08-22T16:35:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=287454"},"modified":"2023-08-22T16:35:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:35:53","slug":"pep-guardiola-to-miss-man-city-matches-after-emergency-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-to-miss-man-city-matches-after-emergency-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola to miss Man City matches after emergency surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pep Guardiola has undergone back surgery <\/p>\n
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Pep Guardiola has joined Manchester City\u2019s injury list and will miss their next two games after undergoing minor back surgery in Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Assistant manager Juanma Lillo will take charge of City\u2019s next two games, away at Sheffield United on Sunday and at home to Fulham the following Saturday.<\/p>\n
Guardiola is expected back after the international break, when City host West Ham before beginning the defence of their Champions League title.<\/p>\n
City said Guardiola had suffered from \u201csevere back pain for some time\u201d and that emergency surgery, performed by Dr Mireia Illueca, was a success. The 52-year-old will continue his recovery in Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Lillo returned to City for a second spell in the summer after a year in charge of Qatari club Al Sadd. The 57-year-old, who coached Guardiola at Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico, has a long managerial career in his own right, including stints at Real Zaragoza and Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n