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Bacary Sagna was forced off midway through France's friendly win over Serbia to leave Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini with a potential right-back dilemma.

Sagna has enjoyed a superb start to his second City season but had an ice-pack applied to his ankle after he suffered a knock in the first-half of Les Bleus' 2-1 victory in Bordeaux.

The 32-year-old was seen limping with around 10 minutes to go until half-time but was not replaced by coach Didier Deschamps until the interval.

Sagna is currently City's only out-and-out right-back available to Pellegrini, with Pablo Zabaleta ruled out until late September with a knee injury he suffered in training.

Should Sagna fail to recover in time for Saturday's trip to Crystal Palace, then Nicolas Otamendi could make his Blues debut as an auxiliary full-back.

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City jettisoned two deputy right-backs in home grown products Micah Richards and Dedryck Boyata in the summer, while Otamendi was bought as a central defender.

The 27-year-old Argentine infamously played at right-back in Argentina's 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Germany in the 2010 World Cup quarter-finals.

Sagna reiterated last season he had 'no regrets' about joining City, despite being restricted to just 16 appearances in his maiden Blues campaign.

“I see a lot of comments from fans saying I should have stayed at Arsenal,” he told the M.E.N. in April.

“But if I had to do it again, if I had to come back and sign for City, I would have done it again.”

City defender Eliaquim Mangala played the full 90 in France's Monday night triumph.