Manchester City look to have suffered a major injury blow during their FA Cup showdown with Arsenal after centre-back John Stones was forced off with a nasty-looking hamstring scare.
Stones, 28, has become increasingly important to Pep Guardiola and his team since the World Cup, as shown by him playing 90 minutes in eight of their last nine Premier League games. He was sorely missed during their Manchester derby reverse against Manchester United this month.
Named in the starting line-up against the Gunners on Friday night, meanwhile, the England international was taken off before half-time after clutching his hamstring. Stones was fortunately able to walk off the pitch, but on first viewing it did not look good for Guardiola and the former Everton man was in visible pain.
