MANCHESTER CITY have suffered another injury blow with the confirming Mary Fowler has ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament.
The Cityzens ace suffered a knee ligament tear on April 13 during her side’s 2-0 Women’s FA Cup semi-final loss to Man United.
The Australia forward is now one of eleven first-team regulars currently crocked before her side’s last four Women’s Super League games this season.
Fowler is also the second Cityzens ace to be sidelined by an ACL injury within the past nine months with Japan and City defender Risa Shimizu rupturing her knee ligament last July
The WSL giants, who are fourth and seven points off Man United, are chasing a top three finish needed for Champions League qualification.
They due to play Everton, Leicester, the Red Devils and Crystal Palace in their final four games this term
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And their squad has been left thin after being decimated by injury blows over the course of this season.
Vivianne Miedema and striker Khadija Shaw are both sidelined with hamstring concerns.
Last week interim City boss Nick Cushing revealed Miedema is expected to be out for the rest of this term.
Rebecca Knaak is also out of action with the defender damaging her hamstring whilst on Nations League duty with Germany in February.
And Laura Blindkilde Brown is currently crocked with the midfielder spotted on crutches at the Etihad on March 23 during City’s 2-1 loss to Chelsea in the league.
Alex Greenwood is currently working her way back to fitness following a medial collateral knee rupture.
The England defender sustained her injury during City’s defeat of St Polten in the Champions League
However the City skipper and Hemp are back training on grass with Hemp continuing her recovery following an operation on her knee in December last year.
Midfielder Jill Roord missed City’s FA Cup semis loss to United due to an unspecified injury.
Meanwhile goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita and winger Aoba Fujino are also currently sidelined.
City’s injury woes meant Cushing had only six substitutes on the bench during his sides’s FA Cup semis duel with neighbours United.
The interim Cityzens gaffer, who took charge of the team in March after the sacking of Gareth Taylor, is keen for a review of the situation and his side’s season as a whole.
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