But the City boss has welcomed back Ruben Dias with the defender on the bench for our 3-1 victory over the Magpies, while he has also revealed that John Stones has returned to training.
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Bernardo picked up a knock in our last Premier League clash at Tottenham and was unavailable for our semi-final win as we secured a return to Wembley with a place in the Carabao Cup final.
Guardiola will now wait to see if our captain is available for a game at Anfield on Sunday at 16:30 (UK) after assessing him in training.
“We don’t know [about Bernardo] yet, tomorrow training,” Pep said in his pre-match news conference.
Marc Guéhi will also be back after being ineligible in the League Cup and there is better news about two other central defenders.
Dias, was in the squad, for the first time in a month after picking up a hamstring injury.
Meanwhile, Stones has been unavailable since the start of December and is working his way back to full fitness.
“[Dias] is back, we’ll see if he plays minutes but it’s good news for us,” Guardiola added.
“John [Stones] made yesterday his first training with the team. Step-by-step he is coming back.”
Among the changes against Newcastle, Erling Haaland was rested to the bench with Omar Marmoush coming in and scoring our opening two goals.
The boss asked if he would come straight back into the starting line-up but he was not revealing his side.
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“Always I said, Erling is the best striker in the world,” Guardiola said.
“I don’t know [if he will start]. We will see tomorrow. Always, I say Erling is the best.”
