Manchester City's Leroy Sane out for six weeks with ankle injury

Leroy Sane

Manchester City winger Leroy Sane damaged ankle ligaments in his side's 2-0 FA Cup fourth-round win away to Cardiff City at the weekend, the Premier League leaders confirmed. Sane faces at least six weeks on the sidelines. The German was injured in a nasty challenge in the first half by Cardiff's Joe Bennett, who was shown a second yellow card for the tackle and later sent off for a second bookable offence.

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