First 911 deficit, then out
City is worried about injured Erling Haaland
City is worried about injured Erling Haaland
04/01/2025, 02:16 a.m.
The FA Cup quarter-finals are a game for Erling Haaland to forget. The Norwegian only shoots a penalty, then equalized against Bournemouth, but must finally be injured from the square. For Manchester City, the failure comes at the wrong time.
The English football champion Manchester City has to do without striker Erling Haaland for at least a few weeks. The Norwegian suffered an injury to the left ankle in the FA-Cup quarter-finals at the AFC Bournemouth (2-1) on Sunday, the club said in the evening. Haaland had been replaced. After the game, a video on the Internet showed him how he left the stadium on crutches and with a protective shoe on the left leg.
According to the first tests, the 24-year-old is examined by specialists “to determine the entire extent of the injury”. However, the expectation is “that Erling will be fit again in good time in order to be able to play a role during the in the rest of the season, including the club World Cup”.
Haaland had shot a penalty in Bournemouth (14th) and the interim compensation (49.). Shortly after his goal, he had to get off the pitch, his replacement Omar Marmoush scored the winning goal (63.) two minutes after the substitution.
The team hits Haaland’s failure, because the master is worried about the move into the Champions League. At the moment, Mancity is only fifth, each with one point ahead of Newcastle United and Brighton and Hove Albion. In the current season of the premier class, Manchester failed in the playoff round on Real Madrid.
