Bernardo Silva’s limping departure against Red Star Belgrade adds to Manchester City’s mounting injury list, prompting Pep Guardiola to declare that the team is “in trouble.”

In the 44th minute of their 3-1 Champions League group stage victory over the Serbian champions, the Portuguese midfielder was replaced.

Jeremy Doku, one of only six outfielders on Man City’s bench, took over for Silva.

After the game, Guardiola said Silva would be sidelined for “the next few weeks.”

The Treble winners are already without Kevin de Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Mateo Kovacic, and John Stones, so the loss of the Portuguese midfielder is the latest setback.

Kovacic may be the player who is closest to playing again, according to Guardiola, who urged his players to keep battling despite the setbacks.We are in danger, but I won’t state that we have many injuries. It is what it is, according to Guardiola.We’ll try it with the players we have. That’s fine as long as we maintain that mindset. It would be challenging to keep five of our key players injured for an extended period of time.”On occasion, it occurs. “Long time for Kevin, John still hasn’t played and needs a little more time, perhaps Kova is returning, and Jack might be there in a week or so, but after, the conditions need to be in place.”The month of May will be busy for City, who will visit Nottingham Forest on Saturday in an effort to keep their perfect Premier League record intact.Midweek, Guardiola’s team travels to Newcastle for the third round of the Carabao Cup before playing Wolves away.