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If there is a doomsday scenario for this Manchester City side, it is having to do without Erling Haaland. So when the striker collided with a goalpost at Villa Park and stayed down, hearts were in mouths.

The goal post probably felt the force of the impact as well, and an immovable object is about the only thing that can stop Haaland these days. To make matters worse, he suffered the injury in the act of scoring, only for the offside flag to go up anyway.

Haaland looked in some discomfort as he tried to gather his breath, but he did manage to play on, although the best chance to rescue a point and extend a nine-game unbeaten run had already been and gone.

In truth, City didn't deserve anything from this game. After falling behind inside the first quarter, they threatened onl

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