Erling Haaland has been the talk of the town since picking up an ankle injury ahead of the Liverpool game, but Manchester City have much bigger problems to worry about. Of course, the possibility of an injury to Erling Haaland is on the agenda ahead of Liverpool’s visit to Manchester City. After all, the Norwegian has continued to score more than a goal per game in the Premier League since last season. Meanwhile,
Manchester City’s next highest scorer is 16th, with the likes of Rodri and Phil Foden all within three goals, slipping to 25th. Haaland’s absence against Liverpool will be a gap left by Pep Guardiola as he turns his entire squad into mercurial strikers. During the international break, fans will be interested in any fitness updates between now and the game against Liverpool. At least until Sunday, when Haaland can remove all doubt by playing in Norway’s next game. We are scheduled to play against Scotland. But ultimately Jurgen Klopp isn’t too worried either way. It would be foolish to ignore Haaland’s influence. His goals speak volumes not just for this season, but for years to come. However, that may change at some point, but his performance against Liverpool is mediocre at the moment.
Liverpool currently remain in the Premier League’s elite group where Haaland has failed to score. After scoring against Chelsea last weekend, they are yet to concede to just three clubs – the Reds, Brentford and Luton. Luton has the advantage of never having met him. It should be noted that Holland played only one match against Liverpool in the Premier League. He missed the 4-1 win at the Etihad through injury. This should be enough warning that the presence or absence of the Norwegian will not decide the upcoming match. Once again, there is an obvious caveat.
Two of those games (and actually one of the goals) came against Red Bull Salzburg, with Haaland leading the underdogs. The Community Shield was his Manchester City debut.
