He City of Manchester played his first Premier match this Saturday since suffering a serious injury on Sunday of Rodri in battle against Arsenal (2-2). The MVP of the Euro Cup, a key part in the scheme of Pep Guardiolawill miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on Friday in Madrid for a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee. own Guardiola He confirmed to the media that Rodri will not play again this season.
The one this Saturday against Newcastle at Saint James’ Park is the first Premier match that the champion and leader of the English championship has to face since the injury Rodri. Guardiola Nyuevo said in a press conference that he does not have any players on the roster with similar qualities to those Rodribut from there it has several options.
own Guardiola explained these options this Friday: “One of them is alignment Rico Lewis with Mateo Kovacic. But there are others. Ilkay Gundogan can play in that position (that of Rodri). John (Stones) and Manu (Akanji) They’ve played there too.”
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The former Madrid player Kovacic was replaced Rodri on Sunday, in the 21st minute, when the Spanish international was injured against the Arsenal. We will have to wait until this Saturday to see what decision Guardiola makes to start. It seems that there are many numbers that on the axis of the average ‘citizen’ are ahead of E.die Howe Kovacic and Rico Lewis. It will be a City with these eleven: Ederson; Akanji, Ruben Dias, Guardiol; Savinho, Lewis, Kovacic, Doku; Gundogan, Haaland, Bernardo Silva.
Source: La Verdad
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