{"id":296582,"date":"2023-12-12T17:10:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296582"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:10:58","slug":"city-will-be-without-erling-haaland-for-todays-clash-with-luton-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/city-will-be-without-erling-haaland-for-todays-clash-with-luton-town\/","title":{"rendered":"City will be without Erling Haaland for today&apos;s clash with Luton Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Manchester City will be WITHOUT star striker Erling Haaland for today&#8217;s Premier League clash with Luton Town<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man City will be without their star striker Erling Haaland for today&#8217;s trip to Luton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Norwegian star has started every Premier League game for City this season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>United are three points behind City\u2026 a league table can LIE. There are chasms between them &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester City\u00a0will be without their star striker\u00a0Erling Haaland\u00a0for today&#8217;s trip to Luton Town.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as a blow to the City fans as they were hoping Haaland would help the club return to winning ways after drawing their last four games.<\/p>\n<p>However, the striker &#8211; who has started every Premier League game this season &#8211; will miss today&#8217;s trip to Kenilworth Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City are yet to confirm the extent of Haaland&#8217;s injury but they&#8217;ll be hoping it&#8217;s not serious given their current run of form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League giants are currently sitting fourth in the table after dropping points against\u00a0Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham and Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/11\/78788043-12847069-image-a-16_1702208696980.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City will be without their star striker Erling Haaland for today&#8217;s trip to Luton Town<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/12\/78788673-12847069-image-a-18_1702210723943.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The news comes as a blow to the City fans as they were hoping Haaland would help the club return to winning ways after drawing their last four games<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/12\/78788671-12847069-image-a-17_1702210719103.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola may look to play Julian Alvarez further forward given Haaland&#8217;s absence<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland&#8217;s absence was confirmed two hours before the game, with Manchester City arriving at Kenilworth Road without the striker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City were also without Jeremy Doku. But, both\u00a0<span>Rodri and Jack Grealish were present after missing City&#8217;s 1-0 defeat at Villa Park due to suspension<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The pair were ruled out of City&#8217;s clash with Villa after racking up five yellow cards each. But, they will be looking to make up for it this afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City will be looking to prove a point against Luton and silence any doubters after coming under fire for dropping points in their last four games.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the criticism City have faced over, Guardiola said: &#8216;What they demand of us, they didn&#8217;t demand of our friends \u2014 at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is only one team that is going to &#8216;fail&#8217; to win the Premier League, that is us. For the rest, (winning) it is a big success. Any team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the end, if they don&#8217;t win \u2014 Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, everyone \u2014 it is normal because City should win. It is unfair. It is difficult to handle that every week, every three days, for years and years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/12\/78788811-12847069-image-a-24_1702211652849.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>City are yet to confirm the extent of Haaland&#8217;s injury but they&#8217;ll be hoping it&#8217;s not serious given their current run of form<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/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\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12847069\/Manchester-City-without-star-striker-Erling-Haaland-todays-Premier-League-clash-Luton-Town.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City will be WITHOUT star striker Erling Haaland for today&#8217;s Premier League clash with Luton Town Man City will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296581,"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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