to Kevin De Bruyne after the Manchester City
midfielder was carried off with a knee injury in the
Capital One Cup semi-final second leg at the Etihad.
Robles attempted to pull the Belgian to his feet
after he went down, perhaps suspecting him of
trying to waste time.
“I would like to apologise to Kevin De Bruyne for
my reaction to his injury. In the heat of the
moment I didn’t realise he was badly hurt ...” the
Spanish goalkeeper said on Twitter in the wake of
the 3-1 defeat .
De Bruyne is to have a scan on the injury on
Thursday morning though his agent was optimistic
about his recovery, Sky Sports News quoting him as
saying De Bruyne was expected to be “back in a
few days”.
Patrick De Koster also spoke to the Belgian website
Sporza , saying: “Kevin felt a little crack in his knee.
He thinks he has a twisted knee and ankle, no MCL
[medial collateral ligament] damage.”
The midfielder, who came on as a late substitute
for Yaya Touré, appeared to catch his studs in the
turf and twist his knee as he challenged Ramiro
Funes Mori in injury time and was carried off on a
stretcher.
In what had been an eventful game for the Belgian
– he scored in the 70th minute after the officials
missed the ball going into touch in the buildup –
City progressed 4-3 on aggregate and will meet
Liverpool in the Capital One Cup final at the end of
February.
“The doctor thinks he has a problem in his medial
ligament but it is impossible to know,” the City
manager Manuel Pellegrini said after the game . “I
hope he is not out for the season. It is very difficult
to know at this moment but I am optimistic he will
not be out for the rest of the season. It is not a
cruciate ligament.”
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