Alex Greenwood has ‘successful’ surgery following knee injury on Champions League duty with Manchester City
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ALEX GREENWOOD has undergone an operation on a knee injury she suffered during Manchester City’s Champions League defeat of St Polten. Today the Cityzens confirmed the full-back has undergone a repair of her medial collateral ligament (MCL). Greenwood sustained her injury in the first half of her side’s 2-0 home win against their Austrian opponents in Europe on December 12.
![[Man City say their medical team will work closely with Greenwood who sustained a knee injury this month]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-manchester-citys-alex-greenwood-958512558.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Man City captain appeared to be in discomfort after going to ground following a collision with St Polten forward Melanie Brunnthaler. She was later stretchered off in the 32nd minute. There were initially worries the defender, who has made nine WSL appearances so far this term, had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
![[The Man City skipper was stretchered off during the first half of her team's defeat of Austrian side St Polten in the Women's Champions League group stage]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-manchester-citys-alex-greenwood-958512559.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
However this morning her club confirmed she damaged her MCL - which is the tissue connecting the thigh bone to the shin bone. This usually involves a shorter period in recovery than an ACL injury. Man City’s update follows their WSL team falling to a 3-0 loss to Barcelona on Wednesday.
![[Man City finished second in their Champions League group after falling to a 3-0 loss to Barcelona on December 18]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/14-aitana-bonmati-scores-teams-958470109.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Goals from Claudia Pina, Aitana Bonmati and Barca captain Alexia Puttellas resulted in the Catalan giants finishing top of Group D with City in second spot. The Cityzens’ second place finish means they could potentially face Arsenal, Chelsea or Lyon in the competition’s quarter-finals next year.
The team, who are currently second in the WSL and six points off leaders, Chelsea will find out who their opponents will be after the draw on February 7. City are contending with a swathe of injuries with forwards Khadija Shaw, Lauren Hemp and Vivianne Miedema currently sidelined.
