By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Manchester City have confirmed that Ederson will miss both the last day of the Premier League season and looming FA Cup final through injury.
Ederson suffered a fractured eye socket during their 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
The incident occurred in the 61st minute at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when Ederson went down after being caught in the face by Cristian Romero.Having received treatment from the City medical team, Ederson emerged back on his feet and wanted to keep on playing.
However, City did not take any risks and decided to replace Ederson with second-choice goalkeeper Stefan Ortega less than three minutes after the game had restarted.
It has now been revealed that Ederson in fact sustained a ‘small fracture to the right eye socket’ from the clash with Romero and will miss their last two matches.
A statement from the club read: “Manchester City can confirm that Ederson will miss the final two games of the season due to a small fracture of his eye socket.”
Ederson was replaced by number two Stefan Ortega, who made a crucial late save to deny Spurs an equaliser before Erling Haaland scored his second of the night from the penalty spot to wrap up the win.
The German, who has now come on for Ederson due to injury in four Premier League games this season, will continue to deputise.
City will secure another title if they beat West Ham at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
They will then look to complete a second successive double by beating arch-rivals Manchester United at Wembley the following weekend.