Pep Guardiola has ruled Ruben Dias out of Manchester City 's crunch title clash with Liverpool
The central defender has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in the FA Cup win at Peterborough United last month.
Guardiola does not expect Dias to play any part of City's next three games against Burnley , Atletico Madrid and then Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on April 10.
The City bos said: "I don't know how long, the doctor said four to six weeks. "Ruben is on four now, March 1 he was injured, it's now four weeks later. I think we need two weeks more."
John Stones has felt no ill effects of his knock on international duty and is expected to partner Aymeric Laporte in the Portuguese's absence.