Manchester City’s star goalkeeper Ederson forced the team’s 3-2 Premier League win at Newcastle due to a leg injury on Saturday, and City fans will be buoyed by the update on Brazilian Pep Guardiola’s injury after the match.
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The 30-year-old keeper took hard sliding contact from defender Kyle Walker as the pair raced to beat Sean Longstaff to an Alexander Isak pass early in he game. The incident did not stop Longstaff from scoring, but the linesman’s late flag did defy the Magpies midfielder.
Ederson tried to play with the pain after treatment on the pitch, but temporarily gave the ball to Miguel Almiron and realised he wasn’t up to the task. He limped away and was replaced by Stefan Ortega.
Here’s what’s new if you read between the lines of Pep Guardiola’s post-match update.
He told reporters: “Big blow to the knee. . . I didn’t tell the doctors. It didn’t look good when he left the area, but if it’s just a gunshot, we’re going to be fine because we have a 10-day break. If There is some damage, the doctors will tell me.
Ederson has made well over 300 appearances for City since arriving from Benfica in the summer of 2017, 236 of them coming in the Premier League. He’s only once played all 38 league games in a season, but never played fewer than 35 in a given campaign.
Ortega, 31, joined City from Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga ahead of the 2022-23 campaign and has played 14 times, all six games of City’s FA Cup title race. champions this season.
Scott Carson, 38, has been part of City’s squad since 2019, while England goalkeeper True Grant, 18, was on the bench during an organisational-level Champions League match at Red Star Belgrade earlier this season.
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