Joe Hart and Raheem Sterling out for a month

Manchester City’s spectacular late season collapse continued at the Etihad Stadium last night with matters worsening when key players Joe Hart and Raheem Sterling collected injuries which will sideline them for around one month.

The pair, who will miss England friendlies with Germany and Holland this week, will almost certainly be absent for both legs of City’s Champions League quarter-final tie with Paris St Germain, joining captain Vincent Kompany who is also out for at least a month and whose absence was keenly felt in yesterday’s 1-0 defeat to United.

“Both of them have muscle injuries — Raheem his groin and Joe in his calf,” said Pellegrini.