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 through the pain after treatment on the field, but quickly gave the ball away to Miguel Almiron and realized he was off his standards. He limped off and Stefan Ortega replaced him.
There’s some good news here 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 wasn’t looking good when he came out of the box, but if it’s just one shot, we’re going to be fine because we’ve got a 10-day break. If there is any damage, the doctors will tell me.
Ederson has made more than three hundred appearances for City since arriving from Benfica in the summer of 2017, making 236 in the Premier League. He has only played all 38 league games once a season, but has never played less than 35 in a single season. 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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