Rayan Cherki has torn his left quadriceps and will be sidelined for around two months, ruling him out of France's World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Iceland. Cherki picked up the injury in training and missed Manchester City's 2-1 loss at Brighton. Hugo Ekitike was called into the France squad as Cherki's replacement after scoring in each of his first three appearances for Liverpool. Ekitike played 79 minutes in Liverpool's 1-0 win over Arsenal. In the Brighton match Manchester City led through Erling Haaland before conceding a 67th-minute penalty converted by James Milner and an 89th-minute winner by Brajan Gruda.
Manchester City playmaker Rayan Cherki will be out for around two months because of injury, manager Pep Guardiola said on Sunday, and has been replaced in the France squad by in-form Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike. Around the same time as Guardiola was giving his injury diagnosis for Cherki, France were announcing that the midfielder had torn his left quadricep and was out of upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Iceland.
Cherki, who joined City from Lyon in the offseason, picked up his injury in training this week and didn't play in his new team's 2-1 loss at Brighton on Sunday. The 23-year-old Ekitike has scored in each of his first three games for Liverpool following an offseason move from Eintracht Frankfurt. Cherki's misfortune has benefitted Ekiktike who is now set to earn his first France caps after initially missing out on Didier Deschamps' squad.
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