In the early hours of Thursday morning, Manchester City were defeated by Tottenham Hotspur in a tight game with a scoreline far worse than the previous match against Porto. In this matchup, Brazilian winger Xavier was unfortunately carried off the field on a stretcher, leaving the man in tears. The team's team leader, Giovanni Cortina, said that this is undoubtedly the toughest challenge the team has encountered since nine years - the arrival of the "wave of injuries".
City's injury list is already sizable, with a number of players including Lodikas Jandi, Chivan Dibny, Kialisu, Kilwenga and Jeremiah Dugu all injured. In the pre-match warm-up, Venlur Ejendji was inadvertently injured. Rubin Diaz was also substituted at half-time due to injury. By the 63rd minute, Shavio was unlucky to severely sprain his right ankle and he lay on the ground in pain as his teammates rushed to comfort him.
Gordiona lamented after the game, "At the moment, we only have two goalkeepers, Ainin Chalante, who can participate in training normally, and everyone else has different degrees of injuries. I have 13 injured players, which is a huge challenge for the team. In the last nine years I have never had such a serious problem with injuries. In tough times like these, all players have to stick together and move forward."
