Sixty minutes was the plan. Sixty-seven is the asterisk.
Both Anfield front lines carry a question mark. Only one was planned.
Haaland gestured to the bench in the 67th minute against Portugal. English desks will read a limp-off. Solbakken read a ration: “We were hoping for 60, and he managed 65.” His 65 is a round number; the board went up in the 67th. City have said nothing.
The graph: City go to Anfield Sun 11 Oct, 16:30. City side — Haaland on a planned limit, O’Reilly out of the England camp after one match. Liverpool side — Isak and Gakpo both sent home early, Gakpo with an ankle; Jacquet (left hamstring) missed France 4–1 Belgium. Table 15 to 9 from 5 GP, appeal still hanging over it. The XI question is on both benches now.
Arsenal–Leeds opener (Sat 10 Oct): Gyökeres scored in every game of the break, including Monday’s winner vs Romania. That’s a record seven straight Nations League games. Havertz, the man keeping him out, is back at Arsenal with a hamstring problem and no club timeline. The lane is open.
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— Jet Callen / THE GRAPHS
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