Manchester City striker Erling Haaland disclosed he has suffered a cut to his face that required stitches during the ongoing international break.

This comes exactly one week before the first Manchester derby of the 2025/26 campaign.

Haaland scored three goals for City before the September break to lead the Premier League 's golden boot race.

Once they return to action, Pep Guardiola 's side have a tough run of fixtures hosting United , then Napoli as the Champions League gets underway before a league visit to Arsenal.

The Norwegian kept up his scoring form in an international friendly against Finland on Thursday but has now shown off a wound to his social media followers. Bizarrely, he did not actually sustain it on the field of play.

A selfie posted to Haaland's public Sn

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