Man City's Petrov out for four months

Manchester City winger Martin Petrov is expected to be out for “three or four months” with a knee injury, manager Mark Hughes has revealed.

Hughes yesterday received a boost with the news Micah Richards’ ankle injury is not as bad as first feared – the right-back strained ligaments rather than suffering a break – but Bulgarian Petrov, who sustained the injury on international duty, will be out until February at the earliest.