{"id":296789,"date":"2023-11-18T11:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T11:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296789"},"modified":"2023-11-18T11:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T11:23:55","slug":"haaland-to-miss-norways-game-with-scotland-with-an-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/haaland-to-miss-norways-game-with-scotland-with-an-ankle-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaland to miss Norway&apos;s game with Scotland with an ankle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Erling Haaland will miss Norway&#8217;s game with Scotland on Sunday with an ankle injury&#8230;leaving Man City sweating over his involvement in their\u00a0Premier League clash with Liverpool next weekend<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Haaland suffered his second ankle injury this month in Norway&#8217;s win on Thursday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man City face Liverpool in early kick-off when the league returns next weekend\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s a three-team title race&#8230; Toney could lead Arsenal to glory: It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Erling Haaland faces a race against time to be ready for Manchester City&#8217;s clash against Liverpool\u00a0next weekend after he was forced to pull out of Norway&#8217;s game against Scotland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The striker twisted his ankle after coming on in a 2-0 friendly win over the Faroe Islands on Thursday, although he carried on until the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is his second ankle issue this month after he\u00a0came off at half-time\u00a0in the 6-1 demolition job of\u00a0Bournemouth\u00a0on November 4, raising concerns he may not be fit to play in the marquee fixture against the Reds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Relief for City comes with confirmation from Norway&#8217;s team doctor, Ola Sand, that the issue is not serious, but &#8216;he is in so much pain and somewhat restricted function&#8217; that he will be unable to take to the field at Hampden Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Norway&#8217;s trip to Glasgow for their final Euro 2024 qualifier is a dead rubber as they are no longer able to catch Steve Clarke&#8217;s side or Spain in the top two positions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/11\/77960905-12764993-image-a-42_1700305533370.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland picked up an ankle injury in Norway&#8217;s friendly win against the Faroe Islands<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/11\/77960827-12764993-image-a-41_1700305333242.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old could now be set to miss City&#8217;s clash with Liverpool when the league returns<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/10\/77960761-12764993-image-a-40_1700305033130.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola&#8217;s squad are in the midst of an injury crisis with several key players in threat of missing out on the game<\/p>\n<p>After the game on Thursday Sand revealed that the recent injuries had left the 23-year-old&#8217;s ankle &#8216;vulnerable&#8217; to further aggravation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was much of the same that happened against Bournemouth a week-and-a-half ago.&#8217; He told TV2. &#8216;He has had it before too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He gets a slight twist in his ankle, where he is a bit vulnerable. It hurts a lot right away, and then it goes away pretty quickly. Then we&#8217;ll see tomorrow how he is then.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Haaland has been in terrific form this season and leads the Premier League goalscoring charts with 13 goals from 12 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City welcome Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side to the Etihad on Saturday lunchtime with the teams separated by a single point at the top of the standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola is not just sweating over the fitness of his star striker, as several of his squad &#8211; including Ederson, Nathan Ake, Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes &#8211; were withdrawn from national team selection and face a race against time to feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League champions will also be without long-term absentees\u00a0Kevin De Bruyne, John Stones and Sergio Gomez.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12764993\/Erling-Haaland-miss-Norways-game-ankle-injury-Man-City-scare-Premier-League-clash-Liverpool.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erling Haaland will miss Norway&#8217;s game with Scotland on Sunday with an ankle injury&#8230;leaving Man City sweating over his involvement in their\u00a0Premier League clash with Liverpool next weekend Haaland suffered his second ankle injury this month in Norway&#8217;s win on Thursday Man City face Liverpool in early kick-off when the league returns next weekend\u00a0 It\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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