Man City dealt major injury blow vs Tottenham as new signing limps off

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Rayan Ait-Nouri was making his Etihad debut for Manchester City but was forced off in the early stages against Tottenham.

Rayan Ait-Nouri was forced off in the first half of Manchester City's game against Spurs

Manchester City have been dealt an injury blow after new signing Rayan Ait-Nouri was forced off in the early stages of the Premier League clash with Tottenham.

The left-back appeared to twist an ankle when he blocked a pass after 15 minutes of the game and underwent treatment on the pitch as City's medical staff assessed the issue.

Although Ait-Nouri carried on initially, City sent Nathan Ake out to warm-up and a member of staff went down to put him through his paces.

Ait-Nouri was forced into a recovery run when Tottenham tried to send Mohammed Kudus in behind down his flank and he went to his haunches soon after, with Ake called back.

City told Ait-Nouri to go down to allow them to make the change, with Ake coming on to play at left-back. The loss of Ait-Nouri is a blow so early in his City career after a £31million move from Wolves.

The Algerian impressed at the Club World Cup and had a quiet outing against former club Wolves last week. He was City's first significant left-back signing in eight years.

Josko Gvardiol and Nico O'Reilly shared duties last season but Gvardiol is still injured and O'Reilly has been used as a midfielder so far this season.

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