If goals are the order of the day for Manchester City at the moment, then the sight of Omar Marmoush on crutches in Egypt on Wednesday morning was a dispiriting one.

Erling Haaland showed he remains in fine fettle after scoring five in Norway's 11-1 win against Moldova, but City's challenge is finding enough goals to support the striker, who can't do it all on his own.

That is partly why Marmoush has started back-to-back games on the left. With Phil Foden still absent, Marmoush is the only other natural goalscorer in Pep Guardiola's squad.

The 26-year-old scored eight goals for the Blues after signing for £59million from Eintracht Frankfurt in January, having rattled in 15 goals in 17 games in the Bundesliga in the first half of the season.

With Marmoush ruled out of Sunday's Mancheste

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