Beijing time in the early hours of February 14, the British Times Manchester side of the cele brit y reporter Paul Hir st revealed that Manchester City def ence general Manuel Ar cang y will miss for several weeks due to a muscle injury .
This means strong ly that he will miss out on the life - and - death second leg of the European Champions League against Real Madrid .
The English Premier League and Newcastle and Liverpool mat ches will also be wa ived .
This must be a huge shock for Man City .
In the first round of the extra - time Champions League final against Real Madrid at home to Manchester City this week , Ar cang y started and sc ored a goal on a he ader to give Manchester City a 1 - 0 lead to finish the first half .
However , before the start of the second half , Arc angi was injur ed and could not bear it , and Guardi ola chose to rep lace Major General Ric olis and have him take over as a right - back .
This approach ultim ately re vers ed the Man City 2 - 3.
Manchester City have played four games in February against Newcastle , Real Madrid , Liverpool and Tot ten ham Hot sp ur , without a single soft pers im mon .
After a few weeks of absen ce , Ark angi had to catch up with the Hot sp ur even if he rec over ed well .
This means that Man City will be playing for Newcastle , Real Madrid and Liverpool without him .
This would be very trou b ling for Guardi ola .
This season , inj uries to Man City defend ers have almost become a vi cious cir cle .
Rub endi as , Arc , Stone and Ar kan ji all experienced injury - ret urn - re - in jur y .
Because of his el bow - c lut ching , he is often given heavy responsi bilities after his return , and as a result he is hea vier in intense games .
Rela tiv ely speaking , Ar cang y ' s 30 appe aran ces are already the highest of the top four center ba cks .
There is no doubt that a rep lac ement for the right - back position at Man City will be very important in the event of a tru ce for the Swiss defender .
As one of the players that Guardi ola most admir es , it ' s most likely that Ric ol is is in danger .
However , against teams with super - sid ed atta cking capa bilities such as Newcastle , Real Madrid and Liverpool , if he were to play , Man City would essenti ally be sent enced to death and losing would be almost inev itable .
In fact , Guardi ola ' s hands have Uzbek defender Kh usan ov , who signed for £ 45 million in the winter window .
The 20 - year - old has excellent physical resist ance and excellent speed , and in terms of physical fitness is much better than Ric olis .
However , just coming in , Kh usan ov only ki cked one Premier League game and one FA Cup game , and was on the bench for 90 minutes against Real Madrid .
This is actually underst anda ble , but after all , such an important game is a 20 - year - old , a young man with zero European Championship game experience , the risk is too big .
However , in a situation where using Lewis hea vil y would amount to suicide , Guardi ola would have better plu cked up the courage to let Kh usan ov take over as the starting right - back and bring his life to life for City .
In the end , the worst result is only a loss , but if Kh usan ov can with stand the pressure and perform well , the payo ff that Man City have got is big .
Now , let ' s see if Guardi ola doesn ' t have the courage to do that .
Release date: 2024-11-02 15:46:31
