City vs Liverpool: Haaland in 'so much pain' as injury scare provides potential big boost to Klopp's side
Norway’s physician has attested that Erling Haaland “has so much pain” after he picked up an injury throughout their 2-0 triumph over Faroe Islands on Thursday.
Haaland currently has 13 Premier League duties this period yet he is extremely not among the faultless finishers in the division. He is presently at predicament of absent out on Male Metropolis’s copious residence gallery against Liverpool next off Saturday.
The striker came off the bench throughout Norway’s 2-0 win over Faroe Islands yet he will noticeably miss Sunday’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Scotland after assigning up an ankle injury.
Scotland have currently faced a place at next off year’s Euros yet Norway sit ultimately in Team A ahead of Sunday’s last group gallery so they face the prospect of a dabble-off.
Norway’s physician Ola Sand has attested that Haaland‘s injury “is not soaked up” yet the Scotland gallery “comes also early” for him.
“The injury is not soaked up, yet he has so much pain and also slightly limited impartial that the Scotland gallery unfortunately comes a compact also early,” Sand claimed in a statement.
Norway head teacher Stale Solbakken meanwhile has attested that they will noticeably not “bring in a substitute” for Haaland.
“It’s undeniably a embarassment that Erling won’t be willing for the gallery on Sunday, yet we’re not researching out bring in a substitute,” Solbakken claimed.
“This is a terrific incentive for the pummeling players in the squad.”
Haaland has commented on his injury changability himself wearing social media. He tweeted: “Unfortunately, I am absent out on tomorrow’s gallery against Scotland. Wishing the little girls all the faultless. Currently treatment and also trying to gain intake previously asap.”
Forward of next off week’s Premier League gallery, Jamie Carragher has reproved that Male Metropolis are “a level looming Liverpool and also Arsenal apt presently”.
“I carry out assume Metropolis are still a level looming Liverpool and also Arsenal apt presently. That could equalize over the next off 4 or five months as those juniors thrive, without a changability Liverpool, they’ve got most new players,” Carragher claimed on Sky Sports.
“But it feels prefer we refuge’t watched the real Metropolis this period and also they’re still optimal of the league.
“As comfortably as you filter at that league table, it’s a terrific league table. Metropolis refuge’t glided away from everyone. In some typicals, that was a in fact nice result for the league. As the period goes on, the holes will noticeably thrive.
Carragher added: “Why shouldn’t Liverpool go there and also assume that they can be in this title race?
“They are the one crew that’s in fact coerced Manchester Metropolis over these last few years. It is a new Liverpool crew, yet they could still be Manchester Metropolis’s best challengers because they’ve got players and also a supervisor that has been there before.”
