​Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini suggested that Joe Hart and Raheem Sterling will each be out for at least a month after picking up muscle injuries in the derby defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.





City went down 1-0 at home to United thanks to Marcus Rashford's early goal, and though they sit in fourth place they now only hold on to their Champions League qualifying place by a point - from United and fifth placed West Ham.

Sterling was replaced midway through the first half after complaining about his groin, while Hart appeared to have pulled a muscle when racing to clear a short back pass from Martin Demichelis early in the second. Pellegrini said after the game that while he didn't know the extent of the injuries, he was sure that both players would miss a month at least given they were muscular complaints.





According to ​talkSPORT, he said: "Both of them have muscle injuries. Raheem his groin and Joe in his calf. I don't think that a muscle injury you can be fit in one week. Normally three or four weeks."





As a result, both players will now have to withdraw from the England squad to face Germany and the Netherlands over the coming days. England are scheduled to face the world champions in Berlin next Saturday before entertaining Holland at Wembley on the following Tuesday.





Both players were named in the initial 24-man squad but have now joined the likes of Wayne Rooney, Luke Shaw and Jack Wilshere on the casualty list.

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