Manchester City injury news: Enzo Maresca issues updates on Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo after Ipswich Town win

By Seye Omidiora | 18 Oct 2026 02:12, Last updated: 18 Oct 2026 03:03

Manchester City caput manager Enzo Maresca has played down fears of a superior wounded to Erling Haaland aft the striker limped consecutive down the passageway pursuing Saturday's 3-2 Premier League victory implicit Ipswich Town.

The 26-year-old scored erstwhile successful each fractional aft Phil Foden's opener to sphere City's unblemished commencement to the home run and determination them six points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League table.

Haaland's brace besides saw him go the fastest subordinate successful Premier League past to scope 100 non-penalty goals by hitting the milestone successful conscionable 139 appearances.

However, celebrations astatine the Etihad Stadium were dampened astatine the last whistle erstwhile the Norwegian guardant appeared to wounded his ft aft kicking the underside of Jack Clarke's footwear successful the closing stages.

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Speaking during his post-match property conference, Maresca revealed that Haaland personally reassured him that the precocious sound was thing serious.

"I don't know," said the Man City brag via Sky Sports News. I asked him; helium said helium was ok. Nothing serious."

The Italian tactician was near sweating implicit abstracted fittingness issues wrong a frantic 10-minute spell arsenic Antoine Semenyo besides hobbled down the passageway astatine full-time.

"The lone 1 we request to hold a small spot is Antoine, truthful we volition see," Maresca said

Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes were some withdrawn during the 2nd fractional alongside left-back Nico O'Reilly.

While Kovacic and Nunes indicated they had avoided large damage, Maresca confirmed that O'Reilly is inactive struggling with a recurring backmost ailment and admitted the aesculapian unit indispensable hold to find the afloat grade of Semenyo's injury.

Relentless docket tests Man City depth

The mounting wounded database arrives astatine a important juncture for City up of a gruelling series of six matches successful 3 weeks earlier the November planetary break.

Maresca's broadside big AEK Athens successful the Champions League connected Tuesday evening, a fixture successful which Haaland was already nether information for a remainder pursuing a dense workload for nine and country.

City indispensable past navigate a investigating Premier League travel to Aston Villa connected October 24 earlier welcoming high-flying Brighton & Hove Albion doubly successful 4 days crossed the EFL Cup 4th circular and the apical flight.

A location European clash against RB Leipzig connected November 4 and a league travel to Nottingham Forest 3 days aboriginal volition circular disconnected the demanding run.