Erling Haaland will work on his fitness ahead of Manchester City’s Premier League clash with Liverpool after the Manchester City striker picked up an injury in Norway’s Euro 2024 qualifiers.
The 23-year-old, who came on at half-time in the 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands, limped off the pitch late in the game after injuring himself with the ball during the match. team. – The 87th minute, my friend. After the match, team doctor Ola Sand played down concerns that Haaland could be sidelined for a long time, saying the injury was similar to the one suffered by Manchester City earlier this year. . month “It was basically the same as the Bournemouth game a week and a half ago. “It happened before”. Sand told TV channel 2. “He has a slightly twisted ankle and is a bit vulnerable. It hurts a lot right away and then goes away very quickly. “Then let’s see what happens tomorrow.”Haaland will be in Norway on Sunday before returning to Manchester to prepare for City’s game against Liverpool on Saturday 25 November. After a difficult season of transition last year, things are looking up for Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool 2.0.The Reds are just one point behind Premier League leaders and title champions Man City ahead of the November international break.
Liverpool could remain top of the table for just over a week when they return to action at the Etihad on November 25.This is a far cry from the plight of their aging squad last season, when a late recovery meant they only finished fifth and qualified for the Europa League. Klopp’s side won every major prize between 2018 and 2022, but the 2022/23 season was ultimately a year too far.Club bosses were at least aware of this and have slowly improved their selection of German players in recent years. Liverpool are looking for long-term replacements for Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino and have released Divock Origi and Takumi Minamino, appointing Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunes and Cody Gakpo along with £179m worth of additions.
Liverpool, meanwhile, spent £150m overhauling their midfield this summer, signing Alexis McAllister, Dominic Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo and Ryan Gravenberch. Elsewhere, Jordan Henderson and Fabinho made surprise moves to Saudi Arabia, while James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain left after their contracts expired.”We have to reinvent the team,” Klopp admitted on September transfer deadline day, the day before Gravenburch officially became a Liverpool player. “The central defense is already completely new and will remain so in the future…”In recent years, we have had to do the same thing in the front line. The most stable place is obviously the last line.”But how durable is the bottom line? After all, the next part of the Reds squad needs long-term defensive surgery.
