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Midfielder Nico González, who Manchester City ambitiously recruited in the transfer market last winter, collapsed due to injury in 22 minutes of his debut. Bad luck is building up in Manchester City.
Manchester City came from behind to win 2-1 after sweating in an away match against Leighton Orient in the fourth round (32 strongest) of the English FA Cup in 2024-2025 season at Brisbane Road in London, England on the 9th (Korea time).
It wasn't an easy game. Manchester City have rotated a big rotation in consideration of their tight schedule. Omar Marmusi was sawed and Jack Grealish, James McAtee and Sabiu built the second line of attack. Ilkay Gündoan and González are in charge of the midfield, Rico Lewis, Viktor Hayes, Ruben Dias and Nico O'Reilly set up a four-back, and Stefan Ortega defended the goal. Erling Holan, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic and Ederson were excluded from the entry, while Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardu Silva, Mateus Núñez and Manuel Akanji were on the bench.
González, who Manchester City recruited from Porto on the closing day of the transfer window to fill the void of Rodri's injury, showed off his skills with a sharp pass to Savio in the 9th minute of the first half. Gündogan received Sabiu's pass and finished with a shot, but it did not lead to a goal.
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Bad luck ensued. González lost the ball in the midfield in the 16th minute of the first half due to strong pressure from the opponent. Jamie Donley, a Tottenham loanee who caught the ball, attempted an ultra-long-range shot at the empty goal. The ball, which flew high and strong, hit the crossbar and hit Ortega's leg, which rushed to the goal, again and headed into the goal. It was recorded as Ortega's own goal.
To make matters worse, González collapsed in the 22nd minute of the first half under harsh pressure from Orient midfielder Sonny Perkins while dribbling at the half-line. After that, he was apparently hit by Perkins and injured his back. Pep Guardiola, the Manchester City manager, put Silva out of Gonzalez.
Guardiola welcomes him to the Premier League after the game"Now González must have a perfect grasp of English football and the referee here. It's not easy to play against the third team."
Then "I don't know how hard Niko hit, but I decided I couldn't run." I'm sorry.'
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Manchester City, which failed to solve the game as it meant due to a surprise first-run goal and González's injury, was dragged to 0-1 in the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Guardiola tried to make changes to the defense by excluding Hayes and Díaz and putting in 'Uzbeck Star' Abdukodir Kusanov and John Stones. González had a 100% pass success rate (12 successful) before his injury.
In the 11th minute of the second half, Rico Lewis' shot hit Kusanov's head and a lucky goal deflected back the game to square one. Manchester City barely secured a ticket to the round of 16 with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory with Kevin De Bruyne's winning goal in the 34th minute of the second half.
Manchester City will play the first round of the knockout playoff against Real Madrid at its home stadium, Etihad Stadium, on the 12th to qualify for the round of 16 in the European Champions League. González, who watched the game on the bench after his injury, is scheduled to be examined, and it is unclear whether he will play against Real.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
