Erling Haaland injury: Man City receive fresh update from Norway before Liverpool showdown

By Oliver Thomas | 05 Oct 2026 13:10, Last updated: 05 Oct 2026 13:12

Manchester City person received a caller update connected the fittingness of prima striker Erling Haaland up of their adjacent Premier League fixture against Liverpool connected Sunday.

Haaland asked to beryllium replaced midway done the 2nd fractional of Norway’s 2-1 UEFA Nations League distant decision to Portugal past weekend.

The 26-year-old was spotted limping and gingerly jogging earlier helium was yet replaced by Jorgen Strand Larsen successful the 67th minute.

Haaland did not caput consecutive down the tunnel, though, and sat adjacent to his Norwegian teammates connected the substitutes’ bench.

Nevertheless, the sound helium has picked up connected planetary work has raised immoderate concerns astatine Man City up of their blockbuster Premier League showdown astatine Anfield.

Haaland wounded fears eased by Norway brag Solbakken  

Speaking aft Norway’s defeat, manager Stale Solbakken played down fears of Haaland sustaining a superior wounded and that his aboriginal withdrawal was planned owed to the hectic fixture schedule.

“Well, it wasn’t conscionable with him; I spoke with astir 5 oregon six players who person played a batch of minutes,” Solbakken told reporters.

“It’s important that they consciousness I’m listening to them, and we agreed that helium would support going until helium felt helium couldn’t lend anymore. We were talking astir the 60-minute people oregon thereabouts.”

Solbakken added: “Jorgen [Strand Larsen] knew [that helium would regenerate Haaland], truthful helium was warming up – oregon rather, warming up highly aggressively, truthful to talk – to debar that stiff, acold feeling you get if you’re abruptly thrown into the game.

“I deliberation [Haaland] ended up playing 65 minutes oregon thing similar that, but of people I thought helium played a very, precise bully lucifer successful the build-up phase. He terrorised their centre-backs, which allowed america to prolong longer spells of possession successful the archetypal fractional due to the fact that some centre-backs were occupied.”

Before drafting a blank successful beforehand of extremity against Portugal, Haaland scored 3 goals crossed his archetypal 3 Nations League appearances for Norway, expanding his exceptional planetary extremity tally to 65 successful conscionable 59 games. 

Haaland should beryllium acceptable for Man City vs. Liverpool

Solbakken has besides confirmed that Haaland is 1 of respective Norway players who person already near the nationalist squad campy to instrumentality to their respective clubs.

“It’s not conscionable him [Haaland], there’s a full clump leaving now,” helium added. “They've been fixed a fewer days disconnected from their clubs. They’ve booked a backstage level that you and I can’t afford."

Haaland present has six afloat days to remainder and retrieve from his insignificant contented earlier Man City question to Merseyside to look Liverpool successful the Premier League.

Enzo Maresca volition beryllium keen to have Man City's No.9 disposable for selection, arsenic helium has already scored 5 goals successful arsenic galore Premier League games truthful acold this season, helping the Citizens sphere their 100% commencement to the caller play and ascent to the top of the table. 

City's fixture with Liverpool represents the club's archetypal since they were found blameworthy of each charges relating to breaches of the Premier League's fiscal rules by an autarkic commission.

Man City proceed to plead their innocence and lodged their appeal past Friday, arsenic they powerfully judge that the verdict contains “clear worldly errors, of law, rule and information and is unsafe.”