Manchester City star Nathan Ake was stretchered off in pain and in tears during the Netherlands’ UEFA Nations League game against Germany.Ake came off injured at half-time for Jurgen Timba after sustaining a hamstring injury.Teammate Cody Gakpo was seen urgently waving for a stretcher after it became clear the defender could not continue.
The City defender is the latest Premier League star to be injured during the September international break.Two players from title rivals Arsenal, Italian defender Riccardo Calafieri and Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard, are sweating it out.
Pep Guardiola and his staff will now have to wait anxiously to find out about Jake’s injury, with City’s next Premier League games against Brentford At Arsenal on Saturday 22 September, the Netherlands took an early lead against Germany through Tijani Reinders, only for Deniz Undav to equalise, though Denzel Dumfries pulled Ronald Koeman’s side back level.
An error from a Premier League defender led to Undav’s goal, and Matthijs de Ligt produced the ball from distance to set up the German attack.The Manchester United center-back replaces Jean-Paul Van Hackey from Brighton.The Netherlands still beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first half of a double-header in September, but it was the second mistake in as many games for De Ligt.
In September, they will travel to Newcastle for an EFL Cup match against Watford and a Premier League match. Arsenal will face Slovan Bratislava in a Champions League away game before kicking off in October similarly busy and waiting for captain Odegaard after injuring his ankle against Austria.Norway manager Stale Solbakken said “It looked bad in the dressing room as well.
