Aymeric Laporte is facing up to another month on the sidelines at Manchester City with a hamstring injury, Pep Guardiola has revealed.
The French defender left the field in tears after picking up an untimely knock during a 2-1 victory for the Blues over Real Madrid in the first leg of a heavyweight Champions League last-16 encounter.
He finds himself back on the treatment table as a result, having already sat out a large part of the 2019-20 campaign.
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City struggled for consistency during Laporte’s earlier absence, with a key man ruled out just four games into the current Premier League season.