The pair sustained knee and
ankle injuries respectively playing for Spurs, and this has ruled them out of the friendlies versus Germany and Brazil.
Casey Stoney and Karen Carney are also included despite suffering hamstring and
ankle injuries respectively.
Pochetino will be undoubtedly relieved to welcome Christian Eriksen and Andros Townsend back into the team at Sunderland, with both expected to be fit after recovering from a knee and
ankle injury respectively.
Not exact matches
Kieran Gibbs and Mikel Arteta — who suffered hamstring and
ankle injuries,
respectively, during the 1st week of the campaign — are reported to be getting back to full fitness, but it remains to be seen whether they are 100 % to take the field against Manchester City.
Francis Coquelin has been a revelation for Arsenal this season, coming in at a time when both Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey sustained
ankle and hamstring
injuries,
respectively, during that mid-December period and Arsene Wenger had no choice but to recall his prodigious midfielder, who was on loan at Charlton Athletic, to Arsenal duty.
Gary Gardner and Jores Okore are both sidelined for Aston Villa due to
ankle and knee
injuries respectively.
Jermaine Thomas and Ty Jones, two of FSU's top three rushers, are questionable with knee and
ankle injuries,
respectively.
Craig Gardner, the team's joint - leading scorer in the league and one of the star performers under Alex McLeish this season, is a major doubt with an
ankle injury while Alexander Hleb and Sebastian Larsson are both doubts as well after failing to last the fill 90 minutes against Fulham and Aston Villa
respectively.