
Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte is out of next weekend's derby with Manchester United.
Laporte will be suspended for the trip to Old Trafford.
It's hasn't been the best week for City as they were defeated in the Carabao Cup for the first time in over five years by West Ham on Wednesday and are now struggling at home to Crystal Palace.
A poor backpass in the opening five minutes by Laporte was cut out by Conor Gallagher and the midfielder then slipped in Wilfried Zaha to give the visitors the lead.
The Blues struggled to create any clear cut chances in the rest of the half and then things went from bad to worse in stoppage time as Laporte was shown a red card.
As a result, Laporte will be unavailable for next week's match against Manchester United. But he will only have to serve a one-game ban and will be back for the following matches against Everton and West Ham, reports the Manchester Evening News.
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