Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is confident John Stones will find his consistency.

Stones is now fully fit after an injury-plagued first-half of the season.

“He had previous seasons a lot of setbacks. Last season was amazing," said Guardiola.

“The most important thing is how professional he is. How he builds up his lifestyle in terms of food and rest and preparation before the game and to recover the game. He is incredibly professional. Football sometimes it happens.

“Hopefully he can finish by helping us. We have a lot of games and everyone is important. That's why were really pleased we have everyone back."

Guardiola also highlighted the change of mental approach from Stones.

“He arrived from Everton with one game a week and was so young," said Guardiola.

“The demands to play every three days, you need the process to adapt to that. When you come from academy like City or Barcelona, you have to win every single game.

“Maybe John didn't have that, now being in a top club he got it otherwise he cannot stay in a club like this.

“He is a national team player. What happened is every three days, you cannot lose. The mentality that we have to win. He won it."