{"id":129701,"date":"2023-12-11T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/11\/erling-haaland-ruled-out-of-man-citys-trip-to-luton-town\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T11:53:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:53:26","slug":"erling-haaland-ruled-out-of-man-citys-trip-to-luton-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/11\/erling-haaland-ruled-out-of-man-citys-trip-to-luton-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland ruled out of Man City\u2019s trip to Luton Town \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Erling Haaland will not play in Manchester City\u2019s Premier League trip to Luton Town on Sunday, having not travelled with the rest of Pep Guardiola\u2019s squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>City visit the promoted Hatters looking to end a run of four league games without a victory and can cut the gap to current leaders Liverpool to four points with a win after Arsenal\u2019s loss at Aston Villa on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Cityzens will have to overcome Luton without Haaland, who has 19 goals in all competitions so far this season after netting 52 last term.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before Sunday\u2019s clash, Guardiola revealed Haaland is suffering with a foot problem and is unsure how long he will be missing for.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/01hh9vhzc5gt6vrwyj87.jpg\" alt=\"Erling Braut H\u00e5land, Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez\" title=\"Erling Braut H\u00e5land, Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Alvarez could replace Haaland up front \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>He told\u00a0<em>Sky Sports<\/em>: \u201cA bone stress reaction in his foot and after the last game he felt it. He cannot play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know [the length of the injury]. Week by week, day by day, we will see what happens. We play with 11 that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErling has been so important since he\u2019s arrived that\u2019s for sure. But during the season we see this sort of thing. Injuries, suspensions, problems, we have to adapt. Julian Alvarez will be playing [as our centre forward].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian Alvarez replaced Haaland as City\u2019s central striker in the starting lineup against Luton, with Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva occupying the attacking spots behind him.<\/p>\n<p>While Guardiola remains without star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne as he works his way back from a hamstring injury which required surgery, Rodri is back from suspension after missing the midweek defeat at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland has largely avoided injury issues since joining Man City. 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