Pep Guardiola will be absent from the touchline for Manchester City's next two matches after undergoing an operation to correct his "severe back pain".According to City, their treble-winning manager has been struggling with the injury for a while and flew out to Barcelona for an "emergency" but "routine" surgery on Tuesday.

Pep Guardiola will be absent from the touchline for Manchester City's next two matches after undergoing an operation to correct his "severe back pain".According to City, their treble-winning manager has been struggling with the injury for a while and flew out to Barcelona for an "emergency" but "routine" surgery on Tuesday.