Blow for Man City as De Bruyne suffers suspected medial ligament injury

Kevin De Bruyne was stretchered out of Manchester City's League Cup semi-final second leg victory over Everton, with Manuel Pellegrini fearing the Belgian has suffered a medial ligament injury.

The Belgian was introduced as a second half substitute and scored just four minutes after coming on with City chasing a win which would see them face Liverpool at Wembley.

But De Bruyne suffered what appeared to be a muscle injury as his studs got caught in the ground and he went down under a challenge from Ramiro Funes Mori in stoppage time.

De Bruyne was carried off on a stretcher, with his right leg heavily strapped up, leaving City to see the game out with 10 men having used all of their substitutes.

City boss Manuel Pellegrini said after the game that the injury to De Bruyne was not an 'easy' one to recover from.

"It's difficult to know now," Pellegrini told Sky Sports. "He has some problems.

"The doctor thinks that it could be the medial ligament, but at the moment we have no news on him, but it's not an easy injury."

Sergio Aguero's 76th minute goal proved to be decisive as City won 3-1 on the night, overturning a first leg deficit to win the tie 4-3 on aggregate.