Rob Atkinson return timeline as Gerhard Struber sheds light on Bristol City defender's injury View Image

Bristol City will be without Rob Atkinson until Christmas, Gerhard Struber has confirmed, after the defender was left out of the Robins' matchday squad for their midweek defeat to Blackburn Rovers.

The 27-year-old was missing from the Reds' starting line-up for the first time in the Championship this season as City were beaten 1-0 by Rovers at Ashton Gate on Tuesday evening. The Robins slipped to their first back-to-back league losses under Struber, as Yuki Ohashi's first-half strike proved to be the difference in BS3.

Ohashi made no mistake when he turned Ryoya Morishita's low cross past Radek Vitek and into the back of the net from close range in the fifth minute of first-hal

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