Confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a long time. He went off injured in city s 2 2 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. The full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. The confirmation of rodri s injury came after city booked their place in the fourth round of the english league cup. They overcame championship side watford 2 1. Jeremy doku gave city an early lead before matheus nunes doubled it before half time. Watford did get one back late on through tom ince, but the eight time champions hung on to progress. Will be out for a long time, a while, but there are some opinions and it maybe will be less than we expect, but unfortunately he was injured. Right now, still i cannot tell you because we are awaiting the last phone calls from him and the doctors, to know exactly what definitely he has and the type of surgery that he has to get. City were one of
Welcome to the programme. We ll start with the news manchester city fans didn t want to hear. Manager pep guardiola has confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a long time. He went off injured in city s 2 2 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. The full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. The confirmation of rodri s injury came after city booked their place in the fourth round of the english league cup. They overcame championship side watford 2 1. Jeremy doku gave city an early lead before matheus nunes doubled it before half time. Watford did get one back late on through tom ince, but the eight time champions hung on to progress. Will be out for a long time, a while, but there are some opinions and it maybe will be less than we expect, but unfortunately he was injured. Right now, still i cannot tell you because we are awaiting the last phone calls from h
Yeah, players getting injured, its almost unaffordable. There is getting injured from the overload of so many games. From the red to the blue side of manchester and a potential big Problem Brewing for the defending Premier League champions. Manchester citys influential Midfielder Rodri will have further tests on the Knee Injury that he suffered during their 2 2 draw with arsenal on sunday. Rodri travelled to spain on monday for initial tests and Manager Pep Guardiola has admitted hell be out for a while. Well, Rodris Team mates are in Action Tonight as they try to reach the fourth round of the English League cup. City are up against watford who play in the division below. They are 2 0 up with Matheus Nunes getting a second, Jeremy Doku with the opener. Chelsea leading in their game against barrow, and goalless in the other two games. Premier league teams all in action there. Its a busy night of football around europe, too. In italys Serie A atalanta are taking on Como Atalanta leading
To get their campaign up and running in style. Making their debut in the competition, a tough lesson for slovan, who lost 5 1 in glasgow. It s the first time celtic have won their opening champions league game and, as it stands, only bayern munich are ahead of them in the new format table. The competition stops now, we ve played bayern munich in the final. But no, it was a great night for everyone. I thought you just sensed it before the game, the feeling in the crowd. But i m so proud of the team, the intensity with which we played for the ball was so good. And yeah, it was a great night. We know our next three games are really tough games but they re really exciting games for us. But i thought tonight, we had to make a really good start in the competition, and i think we made a fantastic start with three points on the board, so it s a back to back win at this level from the end of last season or the last game against feyenoord, so it s important steps for us moving forward. Engla
We ve played bayern munich in the final. But no, it was a great night for everyone. I thought you just sensed it before the game, the feeling in the crowd. But i m so proud of the team, the intensity with which we played for the ball was so good. And yeah, it was a great night. We know our next three games are really tough games but they re exciting games for us. But i thought tonight, we had to make a really good start in the competition, and i think we made a fantastic start with three points on the board, so it s a back to back win at this level from the end of last season or the last game against feyenoord, and here now, and it s important steps for us moving forward. England under 21 international jamie bynoe gittens scored twice for borussia dortmund as they beat club bruges. Last season s runners up, 3 0 winners. Serhou guirassy was fouled in added time and converted the resulting spot kick. A great night for sparta prague, who marked their return to this competition after a