Man City confirm Erling Haaland blow as injury expert reveals how long striker is out for
Erling Haaland could miss the rest of the Premier League season if the. Manchester City star’s injury is as bad as initially feare.
After missing a first-half penalty, Haaland equalise for สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที City in the. FA Cup quarter-final clash against Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.
Minutes after the goal, the striker was left needing treatment after hurting his ankle in a tangle with. Lewis Cook before landing heavily next to the advertising boards around the pitch.
After being attende to by City’s medical staff, the Norway international trie to play on. But was in too much discomfort to continue. He was replace on the hour mark by Omar Marmoush who went onto score the winning goal to send his side through to the semi-finals.
Haaland was later seen leaving the Vitality Stadium on crutches, wearing a protective boot. City are back in action on Wednesday night against Leicester City before visiting Manchester United on Sunday.
City release a statement on Monday night confirming their striker will now ‘seek specialist consultation’ to confirm the full extent of the injury.
The statement adde: ‘Assessment remains ongoing to ascertain a full prognosis. The expectation is that Erling will be fit in time to play a further part in the remainder of. This season, including this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup.’
Stephen Smith, CEO and founder of Kitman Labs which specialises in injury welfare and performance analytics working with the Premier League, believes there are three possible scenarios facing Haaland and City.
While Haaland on crutches wearing a protective boot was a precautionary measure any club would take regardless of the severity of the issue, a worst case scenario could see him rule out for four to 12 weeks – potentially ending his season.
‘There are probably two or three different potential scenarios ranging from relatively innocuous to a little more serious,’ Smith told.
‘It looks like his foot was plante and almost squashe together so you could have a little bit of capsular irritation or soft tissue irritation from bruising inside the joint from it being pushe and squeeze so tightly together.
‘Something like that is relatively small and maybe you can be back up and running in a couple of days. But it could also be a deltoid ligament sprain which is ligaments on the inside of your ankle rather than the outside of your ankle.