With Rodri’s major knee injury, Matheus Nunes has assured Pep Guardiola that he can contribute to bridging the massive gap in Manchester City’s midfield.
Due to an anterior cruciate ligament tear, Rodri will miss the remainder of the season. The City player has been transported home for treatment. Rodri’s injury is yet unknown, according to Guardiola’s Tuesday night statement, but he will be sidelined for a “long, long time.”
The Spain player sustained a ligament injury to his right knee, and City confirmed in a statement on Wednesday morning that they are still unsure of the precise length of his absence. In the 2-1 Carabao Cup victory over Watford, Nunes scored his first goal for City on his 34th appearance for the Blues. He believes he can contribute to Rodri’s replacement.
“Every time the coach puts me on the pitch, I try to help the team, but I know the other guys are ready too because we have so much quality in the team,” the Portuguese player stated. That’s a huge loss, so we’ll have to fill the vacuum, but whoever is on the pitch will give it their all.
We’ve demonstrated that we have a top-calibre substitute player available if a player is unable to play. Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne experienced that last year, but we still prevailed. I’m confident that we won’t change this year.
After moving from Wolves for £53 million a year ago, Nunes, 26, has had difficulty securing a regular spot at City. Nevertheless, he claims to be at ease today.
He declared, “I’m always ready and I’ll always be ready.” “The manager has the final say, but he knows I’m always available and will show up if he calls.”
“I believe that now I’m more at ease. This season, I’ve adapted more readily because I am familiar with all of the strategies and how we play and defend. I’ve already given it more thought, and this year, everything makes perfect sense to me.
“Last year was more about keeping up with the other boys who have been here for years and trying to learn everything.” With any luck, this season will surpass the last one.
According to Nunes, City should use the Watford match as a means of overcoming the tension from Sunday’s intensely contentious draw with Arsenal. Just 49 hours had passed since John Stones’ equaliser in the 98th minute, but Nunes thinks it was a huge comfort to focus on a different game right away.
He replied it couldn’t have been easier. We wanted to play and didn’t have time to think about it, so the fact that there were only two days was ideal for us.
“We didn’t give the events of the Arsenal game much thought. We simply attempted to move on and concentrate on Watford. Arsenal’s 10 players came within seconds of frustrating City to earn a remarkable win, and Nunes concedes that they were hard to break down. Haaland spearheaded the charges that Arsenal was a master of the dark arts.
He remarked, “It was difficult because they were extremely compact and defended deeply.” “They are a very good team at defence, and their dominance was increased because they were unable to counter with one less player.”We persevered and eventually our efforts were rewarded. Although they are a very talented squad, one point is still excellent because we wanted to win.