Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus could be facing up to three months on the sidelines after the club revealed he had suffered a knee ligament injury in Sunday’s draw with Crystal Palace. The 20-year-old Brazilian – who sat out two months of last season with a metatarsal injury – will undergo a scan to ascertain the severity of the ligament damage. Serious ligament injuries can see players miss three months with less serious ones requiring three to six weeks to heal. “Today (Monday) I went through an image exam on my left knee that diagnosed a small medial collateral ligament injury,” he wrote on his Instagram account. “Last season we had less recovery than this season, maybe next season we will have a little more.

Source: Punch January 02, 2018 10:18 UTC