Erling Haaland’s mixed afternoon in Bournemouth in the FA Cup quarterfinals on March 30 ended in a painful style when the top scorer of Manchester City had to be replaced in the second half.
Norway Talisman Haaland missed two presentable opportunities and had a penalty that was saved early in the draw, only to score the Equalizer of City in their 2-1 victory before he takes the field from the field as he compete for the ball with Cherries defender Lewis Cook in the 56th minute.
The 24-year-old returned to his feet, but could not continue and was replaced by Omar Marmoush, who hit the decisive goal in the 69th minute.
Manager Pep Guardiola said after the game that he did not know how long Haaland would be out, but City released an update on March 31. This is what we know about the absence of the double Premier League top scorer.
This can be a huge loss for Manchester City …
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– ITV Football (@itvfootball) March 30, 2025
How long does it take?
“The expectation is that there will be fit on time to play a part in the rest of this season, including the FIFA Club World Cup this summer,” said City.
The city stands for a busy run-in while trying to reach the European qualification, with their last fixture planned to be in Fulham on 25 May (16:00 BST).
What is the injury of Haaland?
The Cityzens confirmed that Haaland only damaged his left and said that he had the first tests in Manchester in the morning of March 31.
They said that Haaland would look for “specialist consultation” to decide the “full extent” of the issue. “Everyone at the club wants a quick recovery,” City added.
The former English defender Lee Dixon of Haaland analyzed on the ITV football, was worried that a harder surface beyond the sidelines may have worsened the problem.
“You just see him falling on that side of the field,” Dixon said. “I have always wondered why they don’t push the grass a little further from the side of the field, because you can quickly go from grass to astroturfur.”
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– ITV Football (@itvfootball) March 30, 2025
How many games will achieve? Man City matches
Haaland had started with 28 of the first 29 league matches of the season of the season their 2-0 defeat in Liverpool On February 23, a knee injury but will now certainly add that total.
Here is how the fixed list of City provided for them to defeat Bournemouth. All matches are in the Premier League and start at 3:00 PM, unless stated otherwise, although they can be moved.
Leicester City (H) – Wednesday 2 April (19:45)
Man United (A) – Sunday, April 6 (16:30)
Crystal Palace (H) – Saturday 12 April (12:30)
Everton (A) – Saturday, April 19
Nottingham Forest (FA Cup Semi-Final, Wembley Stadium)-Saturday April 26
Aston Villa (H) Monday 28 April (20:00) – postponed due to FA Cup, new date and time TBA
Wolves (H) – Friday 2 May (20:00)
Southampton (A) – Saturday 10 May
Bournemouth (H) – Sunday May 18
Fulham (A) – Sunday, May 25 (16:00)
When is it back?
The City update emphasized their hope that Haaland will return at the time of the club World Cup, which offers prize money of around £ 97 million for the winners in an already lucrative spectacle for his participants.
Their campaign in that competition starts on June 18 (17:00) against the Moroccan club Wydad AC in Philadelphia.
City’s group phase schedule goes on June 22 (02:00) and Italian giants Juventus in Orlando on 26 June (20:00) to meetings with the VAE Pro League team Al Ain in Atlanta in Atlanta and Italian giant Juventus in Orlando.
If he is available, the involvement of Haaland can be complicated by two World Cup qualifications for Norway: they organize Italy on 6 June and visit Estonia three days later (both 19:45).
Erling Haaland -Statistics
After he was completed as the leading Premier League -Schutter with 36 goals in 2022/23 and 27 in 2023/24, Haaland seems unlikely to earn a third consecutive Golden Boot, not least because Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah had six competition goals at the moment of his blessure.
With nine league games to City, his chances of scoring the six goals needed to match his previous count will also fade fade at every match he misses.
He has still had a huge productive season for a team that was surprisingly underperformed a large part of 2024/25, with only Barcelona’s Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski, Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy and Harry Kane of Bayern München Harry Kane Final improved.
All four those attackers played at least once more than he was eliminated in the competition of this season because City was eliminated by Real Madrid in the play-offs of the knockout phase.
The goal of Haaland against Bournemouth was his 30th of the season in all competitions, while he also offered four assists, including two out of three games to help City to beat Newcastle and Chelsea earlier this year.
