Man City's Fowler suffers ACL injury

Manchester City guardant Mary Fowler is group for an extended spell connected nan sidelines aft rupturing her anterior cruciate knee ligament.

The Australia world sustained nan wounded during Sunday's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester United.

The 22-year-old is almost definite to miss nan remainder of nan Women's Super League play and Australia's friendlies against Argentina astatine nan extremity of adjacent month.

City opportunity she will stay nether nan attraction of nan club's aesculapian squad arsenic she originates her rehabilitation.

It is nan latest wounded rustle for City, who are guaranteed to extremity nan play without a trophy pursuing Sunday's cup defeat.

Alex Greenwood, Lauren Hemp and Risa Shimizu are each retired pinch semipermanent knee injuries, while forwards Vivianne Miedema and Khadija Shaw, are sidelined pinch hamstring injuries.

Laura Blindkilde Brown, Ayaka Yamashita Aoba Fujino, Jill Roord and Rebecca Knaak are besides connected nan wounded list.