The shock injury of the Manchester City player that television avoided repeating

He Manchester City, the current king of Europe, respected the procedure: he reached the Champions League quarter-finals without complications by winning 3-1 at home against Copenhagen. The overall result was a resounding 6-2, but the score of the match was given by Matthew Nunesthe Portuguese for whom the team Pep Guardiola paid more than 60 million euros, he suffered a shocking injury.

If it hadn’t been for the City man’s hand problem, the goals would have been exclusively Julián Álvarez’s. City’s first two goals came from a couple of corner kicks kicked by the ‘Spider’.

In the 5th minute, the Argentine world champion hung a ball which, with a volley and among a cloud of rivals, Akanji sent directly into the back of the away goal.

With no time to digest, City scored their second in the 9th minute, when Álvarez served and Spaniard Rodri fired a shot onto the crossbar. The bounced ball went to Álvarez himself who shot a cross to score the help with the great help of the Polish Kamil Grabara who, his hands were so weak that they bent and the ball slipped into the net.

That 2-0 had already turned the comeback into a pipe dream for Copenhagen. Elyounoussi’s goal in the 29th minute after a quick counterattack is simply anecdotal and Haaland made it clear before the break, receiving it from Rodri on the edge of the area, controlling it, entering and among three rivals he found the space to score the goal. third goal, with a low shot of 45+3.

Haaland scored his sixth goal of this Champions League, joining Kylian Mbappé (PSG) and Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) at the top of the table. Álvarez follows that trio, with five goals.

The injury that ruined City’s victory

In the second half the scoreboard did not move. Pep’s team let off the accelerator, Ederson was a wall and the only bad news of the evening for the hosts was the injury of the Portuguese Matheus Nunes twenty minutes from the end, after having injured his left hand in a fall.

The images are amazing. 25 minutes had passed when the midfielder lost his balance and put his weight on his big toe. The images are itchy and, with the naked eye, you can see that there is a fracture or dislocation.

Television decided to remove the cameras that could frame the public, although the situation was soon replicated on the networks.

Nunes was treated by medical staff and left the field with his hand bandaged.

It was the only thing that clouded Manchester City’s seventh consecutive qualification to the quarter-finals of Europe’s top tournament.