Manchester City would be worth Liverpool For match day 26 of 2024-25 Premier League season. While the match promised to be an exciting showdown, Questions arose with regard to the absence of star sprayer Erling Haaland from the home team.
Haaland will miss the game against Liverpool after failing to recover from the knee injuries he suffered last week against Newcastle Unitedwho forced him to be replaced during the match.
Haaland’s availability had already been uncertain mid -week when he was one Unused replacement in Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League collision with Real Madrid. Looking forward to the Liverpool match, boss Pep Guardiola revealed that Haaland’s participation would be a last minute decision, as the Norwegian would undergo a fitness test on the knee during training.
In front of the game, Guardiola gave an update on Haaland’s fitness and revealed the disappointing news about the striker’s condition. “Haaland has improved but did not feel good … and yesterday we decided to avoid any riskTold the Spanish coach Sports.
With 19 goals in 25 Premier League performancesHaaland’s absence represents a significant blow to the city. “Of course we will miss him, but during these nine years we played many seasons without really, really important players and survived. This season we had many injuries but could not survive, but in specific games we had to do so“Guardiola admitted about his absence in the team.
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Omar Marmoush: Haaland’s replacement
With Haaland inaccessible, Manchester City’s new signing, Omar Marmoush, will go into the central role in front. The Egyptian forward went from Eintracht Frankfurt for EUR 75 millionAfter impressing with 26 performances, 20 goals and 14 assists during the current season.
Marmoush showed his quality in the Premier League against Newcastle, where he got a hate trick in just their third league match for City. Against Liverpool, he will strive to replicate the strong performance.
