Manchester City fans are in a happy mood right now, after their Community Shield triumph over arch-rival Manchester United. However, the city fans are very upset as their Norwegian forward Oscar Bobb got injured in training just after the game. Bobb was in the starting lineup in the game against Manchester United in the Community Shield final. The 21-year-old helped City win the Shield after giving an assist to Bernando Silva, who scored the equalizer in the 89th minute. But, as things stand, Oscar Bobb is ruled out for up to four months from football, after Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola confirmed his absence.
What happened to Oscar Bobb?
After the Community Shield final against Manchester United, Oscar Bobb suffered a leg injury during the training session at the city ground. City boss Pep Guardiola confirmed his injury and added that the 21-year-old will miss the first four months of this season. The 21-year-old forward is on great form after his brilliant performance in the Pre-season. Bobb scored two goals and registered three assists in the four pre-season friendlies. The Norwegian international continued his brilliant performance in the Community Shield final.
After United took the lead in the 82nd minute of the game thanks to the goal of Garnacho. However, City hit back just after seven minutes. Oscar Bobb’s floated pass was headed into the net by Bernardo Silva on his 30th birthday. Later City beat United in the Penalty shootout to win the Community after losing the last three years back-to-back. So, while the City fans are delighted with the winning but also sad about the news of Oscar Bobb.
Possible lineup for Manchester City against Chelsea
Manchester City will start their title-defending season against Chelsea in their opening match of the new Premier League season. It seems like there is no change of Erling Haaland, and Jeremy Doku in the attacking section. New signing Savinho looked good in the match against Manchester United, after coming later as a substitute player. The Brazilian could start for the City against Chelsea.
In the attacking midfield zone players like Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva could start. In case these three players start for the City, the attacking sections can be changed involving Doku and Savinho. There should not be any drastic change in the backline as Pep Guardiola is likely to go with the same backline. Pep Guardiola went with three of the senior defender options in the Community Shield final including Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji, and Gvardiol. Young Rico Lewis served as a right-back for the citizens in the match. Now the question is will Pep Guardiola go with the same backline or any further changes will be made? And, obviously, Ederson is fixed on the goal. So, this could be a possible lineup for Manchester City against new Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca, when they will face each other on Sunday.
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Manchester City just sold their star Argentinian striker Julian Alvarez to the Spanish giant Atletico Madrid with a transfer fee of around 80M. Alvarez joined the citizens in 2022 for 15M from River Plate. Fast forward to today, the Argentinian won everything with City including the treble in the 2022/23 season. Last season made 54 appearances for City across all competitions, bagged 19 goals, and provided 13 assists for the Citizens.
Atletico Madrid offered a whopping 80M offer for the Argentinian. And Manchester City has agreed to sell the 24-year-old, who spent two seasons at Manchester. So, a new chapter is waiting for the 2022 World Cup winner and 2023 Champions League winner in Spain.
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