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City suffer Dabo blow

02 Oct 2006 - 10:28:44

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Manchester City midfielder Ousmane Dabo will not play again until mid-November after suffering a knee ligament injury in training.

The 29-year-old former Lazio star has only just completed a three-game suspension following his red card in last month's 1-0 defeat at Reading.

He was due to return to the first-team squad for Saturday's 1-1 draw at Everton but suffered the injury on Thursday.

"He damaged his knee ligaments in training and the timescale is about six weeks," City manager Stuart Pearce told the club's official website.

"It's Sod's Law really, because he's had a three-match suspension and now on the back of that he cops an injury as that finishes.

"It's disappointing for us because he was just starting to show some good form, but we have to handle it and whoever has his place needs to play well to keep his place."