Man City suffer injury blow as John Stones limps off with suspected hamstring injury
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Man City suffer an injury blow as John Stones limps off with a suspected hamstring injury against Arsenal in the FA Cup following the challenge with Leandro Trossard… and is eventually replaced by Aymeric Laporte
- Stones arrested after dispossessing Trossard during an attack on Arsenal
- Play was halted as the England man received treatment before limping off.
- It took Laporte a while to get onto the pitch, but he eventually settled into defence.
Manchester City took an injury hit against Arsenal in the FA Cup after John Stones limped with what appeared to be a hamstring injury.
Stones has just come back from a setback and collapsed on the pitch after a challenge from Leandro Trossard in the 45th minute of the game.
He was eventually replaced by Aymeric Laporte at the end of what was a difficult first half for City against the Premier League leaders.
John Stones stopped with a hamstring injury during Manchester City against Arsenal
The defender stopped after hitting the ground after a tackle by Leandro Trossard
The 28-year-old missed the Manchester derby and City’s League Cup quarter-final loss to Southampton with an earlier problem, but was back in top form and started the last two games. club league.
He has a difficult history with injuries, and Pep Guardiola hopes his latest setback isn’t serious.
On the injury, former England and Manchester City goalkeeper Karen Bardsley told BBC Radio Manchester: It’s strange to watch from here. The mechanism was probably trying to twist or slow down. And that’s your hamstring, that’s what he grabbed as he fell.
Stones seemed to leave the field as slowly as possible to give time for Laporte to enter
Silence fell over the Etihad as the fans in attendance realized they had lost a key player again.
City were temporarily forced to play with 10 men as Laporte struggled to prepare to get to one, frustrating former Arsenal and England defender Lee Dixon in ITV commentary.
Dixon said: ‘I don’t understand why you wouldn’t be ready. Why wouldn’t you be ready in a given situation? He is putting on his shin guards, fastening his shoelaces. I hope it is worth it.
Trossard was substituted in the second half as Arsenal tried to rally from a 1-0 deficit, with Nathan Ake scoring the opener.
