Premier League leaders Manchester Metropolis have confirmed that massively influential midifielder Rodri has suffered a ligament harm to his proper knee.
Ballon d’Or nominee Rodri limped out of Metropolis’s 2-2 draw at residence to Arsenal within the Premier League on Sunday after colliding with Thomas Partey.
Shedding the four-time Premier League champion is a substantial concern for Metropolis, whose win price drops considerably with out the 28-year-old of their facet.
Assessing how huge a blow Rodri’s harm may very well be for Man Metropolis 🔍 pic.twitter.com/4IL61Xlyfj
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 24, 2024
Rodri harm: How lengthy is he out for?
Metropolis mentioned Rodri had undergone preliminary assessments in Manchester earlier than travelling to his native Spain for a specialist session this week.
The reigning champions didn’t give a selected timeframe for his restoration, saying that evaluation “stays ongoing to establish the total extent of the harm and anticipated prognosis”.
Talking after his facet beat second-tier Watford 2-1 at residence within the third spherical of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, supervisor Pep Guardiola instructed Metropolis’s web site that Rodri “will likely be out for a very long time”.
“There are some opinions that it might be lower than we count on,” Guardiola added. “Proper now, I can’t inform you. We’re ready on the [latest] telephone calls from the medical doctors – what he has and what kind of surgical procedure he has to get.
“I have to discover a resolution. Rodri is irreplaceable. It’s an enormous blow for us. In soccer, it occurs. My obligation is to discover a resolution to be aggressive and proceed to be there – an issue for our opponents. I’ll discover a resolution. We are going to do it.”
Nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or
Rodri @ManCity @SEFutbol #ballondor pic.twitter.com/C4ZqHR3Jls
— Ballon d’Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024
Rodri vs Arsenal
Metropolis’s recreation in opposition to their closest rivals at Etihad Stadium was one other instance of an event on which they’ve dropped factors in Rodri’s absence.
Arsenal equalised 66 seconds after Rodri departed and went forward later within the first half. Regardless of having a person extra throughout the second half, Metropolis wanted a last-gasp John Stones leveller to rescue a degree and return to the highest of the desk on the Gunners’ expense.
The Euro 2024 winner had returned for a complete of 66 minutes from a hamstring harm he sustained throughout the remaining of that competitors when he took to the turf in agony because the groups awaited an Arsenal nook.
The danger was brought on by Rodri decelerating at excessive velocity, braking on one leg and taking pressure from his marker, in response to efficiency skilled Damian Harper.
Wishing Rodri a speedy restoration!Come again stronger, champ 💪 https://t.co/ZpqKXueSnL
— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter_en) September 25, 2024
Rodri Metropolis stats
Guardiola and plenty of Metropolis followers are efficiency specialists within the tail-off their crew tends to witness when Rodri isn’t concerned.
They’ve received 74.1 per cent of their Premier League video games with him within the facet and 61.9 per cent with out, which is a mean of two.37 factors per recreation in comparison with 1.9 with out.
The Cityzens misplaced to Wolves, Arsenal and Aston Villa throughout the 4 video games Rodri missed final season, solely profitable in opposition to Luton City, when he was rested in opposition to opponents who could be relegated.
Since becoming a member of in 2019/20, Rodri has performed almost 2,000 extra passes than every other top-flight participant. Premier League statistics present he ranked second for possessions received within the division final season and led the charts for touches, carries, passes into the ultimate third and progressive passes.
