Ederson injury update from Pep Guardiola as he bemoans ‘nightmare’ season
Pep Guardiola did not know the severity of the injury Ederson suffere on Saturday, but reveale it is a problem that has going on for some weeks.
Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 5-2 at the Etihad in dramatic โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที fashion after the Eagles score the first two goals of the contest.
Goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Omar Marmoush, Mateo Kovacic, James McAtee and Nico O’Reilly saw the Premier League champions surge to victory and remain fourth in the table.
There was one disappointment, though, as Ederson limpe out of the contest on 71 minutes after suffering a muscular injury.
The Manchester Evening News reports that it was likely a groin issue and while it is not clear if he will be sideline as a result, Guardiola did say that it is a problem that has apparent for a while.
‘I don’t know. He made the pass and said he felt something and he couldn’t continue,’ said Guardiola of his Brazilian goalkeeper.
‘He’s had some discomfort in the last month, two months ago, and it’s come back today.’
The City boss adde that injury issues have a constant headache this campaign, saying: ‘Listen, the season has a nightmare in terms of this.’
Shortly before being force out of the game Ederson had provide a brilliant assist for McAtee to score Manchester City’s fourth of the afternoon.
That took his assist tally to seven in his Premier League career, which is two more than any other goalkeeper has manage.
‘That’s unbelievable,’ Guardiola said of his goal-providing record. ‘He has an incredible quality of pass.’
Guardiola will be hoping it is nothing too serious for his first choice goalkeeper as City are still fighting to finish in the Champions League spots.
They also have an FA Cup semi-final coming up on April 27 against Nottingham Forest at Wembley Stadium.
On the challenge ahead of them, the Catalan said: ‘If you want to be in the Champions League next season and play Tuesday, Wednesday, you have to win almost all the games.
‘Now it’s not very complicate. We don’t have 15, 20 games, now we have seven games left. It’s a final every single game.
‘We have to win a lot of games to qualify, because Newcastle play just one game a week, and the quality of Aston Villa, and all the teams are involve, Chelsea and Nottingham [Forest].’