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Monday, April 2nd 2018
The central defender returns from injury, just in time for the season's exciting run-in.
It’s a great feeling! When I came back against Ipswich Town it was exactly 21 weeks since I picked up my injury – that’s five months so I was out for quite a while! It’s the biggest injury of my entire career. I wasn’t used to that feeling of being in the gym, doing rehabilitation day in, day out, so I’m glad to be back on the pitch, to be back with the boys and be back with Bristol City.
My injury flared up in the Leeds United defeat. I felt it when I tried to change direction after 20 minutes or so into the game; there was something not right in my knee but with all the adrenaline inside me I didn’t really feel the pain. It wasn’t until after the game when I was in the shower that my knee hurt a lot and the next day I couldn’t straighten my leg, it was locked. I went to Germany to see a surgeon who I trusted and knows about knee surgery, even though that route meant I would be out for a while.
The gaffer asked me the day before the game if I would be ready to come on from the bench if needed. With Aden (Flint) and Joe (Bryan) suspended and Bakes (Nathan Baker) injured we were short on defenders, so I agreed to sit on the bench, even though it was a bit too early for me. All of a sudden, Hordur (Magnusson) got injured so I had no time to think about it! I just had to get my kit on, get on the pitch and do my best for the time that was remaining. I’m pleased that we got through it and won the game.
I’ve played in almost every position! I don’t think I have started as a goalkeeper or in the number nine role but I began my career higher up the pitch because I was good with the ball. I played in central midfield, on the wings, in the number ten position and that’s when I scored that free kick for Bayer Leverkusen against Real Sociedad. It’s hard to believe I was in that position because now I play as a centre-back!
I’d say it’s probably the best one for me. There was another good one but that free kick against Real Sociedad was the most important because it won us the game in the 92nd minute! I had been out for a few weeks with a muscle injury and it was my first game back, so to take the free kick to win us the Champions League game was a great feeling. Maybe it was meant to be that I was to take that free kick! (laughs).
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