Defender of Manchester City John Stones will miss the first semi-final match of the FA Cup against Arsenal due to injury.

Stones could not finish the fight to the end against Hull City (3: 0), and was replaced already in the 18th minute. After the match, the head coach of the Townspeople Pep Guardiola said that there is no serious injury to the player, and this is only a precautionary measure.

As a result, Stones had muscular damage, which does not really knock him out for a long time, but will not allow him to play in the upcoming match against Arsenal, - said official Twitter City.

The match against the Gunners will be held on April 23rd. John will return to the game on the 27th to fight against Manchester United in the rescheduled match of the 26th round of the Premier League Stones moved to the City of Everton last summer for 47. ? 5m. This amount made him the most expensive defender in history. Since then, John played 26 townspeople for the Gorodzhan in the championship of England.