2023-12-10 19:49:08
Duration of downtime uncertain! Defending champions Manchester City will have to do without their top scorer Erling Haaland in the Premier League for the time being. Is the superstar facing a long period of suffering? Head coach Pep Guardiola commented on Haaland’s injury and caused concern among fans.
The Norwegian felt a “stress reaction in his foot” following the recent 0-1 loss at Aston Villa, reported City team manager Pep Guardiola before the start of the league game at Luton Town. Even without the Norwegian, the Skyblues’ little crisis ended with a narrow 2:1 (0:1).
Guardiola said he still doesn’t know how long Haaland will be out: “We’re looking day by day, week by week. We’ll wait and see what happens.” Haaland has been “so important to us since he’s been here, but things like this can happen during the season. Injuries, suspensions, problems – we have to find solutions.”
“He can’t play!” “I don’t know how long he’ll be out,” Guardiola said before the game. Thanks to the narrow victory, City is still right in the middle of the championship race: fourth place and, with 33 points, only four points behind leaders Liverpool. But before that, Manchester had drawn three times and suffered one defeat and subsequently lost a lot of ground.
City fell behind in the league for the third time in a row for the first time since 2019 due to Elijah Adebayo (45th + 2). But Bernardo Silva (62nd) and Jack Grealish (65th) secured the important victory with a double strike.
The question remains when Haaland will be back. As the British newspaper Sun reports, some City fans have already written off their club. “That’s it for the triple,” one fan said angrily on social media.
World champion Julián Álvarez was in the starting line-up for the Norwegian once morest Luton. The Argentine will come even more into focus due to Haaland’s loss.
“The fact that Pep doesn’t know how long Haaland will be out worries me a lot. Let’s hope Álvarez turns into his ‘Prime’ in Aguero,” another fan wrote.
But not all fans were so worried: “He’s just enjoying Christmas in Norway,” one user joked.
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