Guardiola provides an update on De Bruyne, Stones and Diaz before facing Tottenham

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Pep Guardiola says Kevin De Bruyne, Robin Dias and John Stones will all be in contention for Thursday night’s Premier League meeting with Tottenham.

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Half Dias has been out of action since sustaining a hamstring injury while representing Portugal at the World Cup in Qatar late last year.

Meanwhile, fellow defender Stones missed last Saturday’s Premier League derby at Manchester United as well as the previous Carabao Cup quarter-final match in Southampton.

The couple haven’t considered City together since last September.

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However, the duo were pictured training at the CFA during Tuesday’s latest practice despite midfielder De Bruyne missing from the session.

But addressing the media in his pre-match press conference, Guardiola gave a positive update on the trio, adding that he would consider his squad selection after Wednesday afternoon’s training session.

Regarding De Bruyne, Pep said: “He had a personal problem and he wasn’t training (on Tuesday). Today he’s back.

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“They (the Stones and the Dias) are back. In the last two training sessions, they have trained really well and are in contention.

“We will train this afternoon. We will see how we have to play and who will play.”

City will be looking to get back to winning ways after Saturday’s 2-1 derby defeat at Old Trafford.

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This result, along with Arsenal’s victory over Tottenham, extended Arsenal’s lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points.

But the boss said his only priority looking forward to Thursday night was to overcome the challenge of Antonio Conte’s side.

“It’s not about what happened against United. It’s not about the table. It’s about Tottenham. They have always been a tough opponent for us,” Pep stressed.

“For quality all the years and this year is no exception. Of course the important thing is to win the game.”

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We’ll have full coverage of City vs Tottenham on Thursday 19th January on mancity.com and our official app.

Our Matchday Hub starts at 18:00 UK with text updates throughout the evening as well as live stats and team news an hour before play begins.

19:00, it’s Matchday Live! Michael Brown, Paul Dickoff and Steve Hoey will join presenter Seal Spellman in our studio to build a focus on the city up to the game.

Once we get going, Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison will take you through all the action with our radio commentary.

Post-match we’ll get reactions from Pep Guardiola and his players before the highlights become available from midnight. CITY+ subscribers can also watch a full midnight rematch.

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