Manchester City have returned to training ahead of their Premier League fixture with Everton this weekend and two players are set to return from injury.
Rodri
Rodri picked up a hamstring injury against Brentford
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Rodri faces a battle to be fit for Manchester City's Premier League clash with Everton on Saturday after the midfielder missed training on Thursday.
The Spaniard limped out of the win at Brentford before the international break after picking up a muscle injury. He withdrew from the Spain squad but then said he expected to be fit to face the Toffees.
But he wasn't seen as City trained in front of the cameras on Thursday, two days before the Premier League returns and the Etihad fixture against David Moyes's side.
Abdukodir Khusanov was also absent from the session. The 21-year-old is continuing to recover from an ankle injury that has kept him out of action since the draw with Arsenal on September 21.
There was some good news for Pep Guardiola, however, with Rayan Ait-Nouri and Omar Marmoush both back in full training after the international break. Neither has featured since the end of August.
Ait-Nouri picked up an issue that has kept him out of the last two international breaks, while Marmoush injured his knee while playing for Egypt in September. He travelled to his home country to support his international colleagues last week.
Ait-Nouri and Marmoush will try to prove their fitness to face Everton, while Khusanov is likely to be ruled out. Guardiola will hold his press conference on Friday lunchtime and will deliver an update on his squad's fitness, and Rodri's injury is likely to be a major talking point.
Speaking immediately after the game at Brentford, he said: "I'm good. I felt a little bit in the hamstring, but it seems like it's not that much. The important thing was the victory.
"I stretched the leg a little bit, a bit like in the Euros final. I stretched a little bit but it's part of the process.
"I don't feel that I feel tired muscle wise, I feel fresh but the most important thing is it's not that big.
"It's part of the process. The good thing about this is you get out, you don't let the muscle stretch now. The good thing is the break so it will be even better in this sense to recover these days and hopefully I can be in the next game."
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