Maresca faces anxious wait over Haaland injury scare

Enzo Maresca is sweating on Erling Haaland's fitness after the Manchester City striker limped off following his double in Saturday's 3-2 win against Ipswich.

Haaland netted twice after Daizen Maeda had cancelled out Phil Foden's opener for City at the Etihad Stadium.

The Norway star's latest man-of-the-match display took his goal tally for the season to 12 in all competitions.

But there was a concerning sight for City boss Maresca at the final whistle.

Haaland had taken a blow to the foot late in the game and appeared to be struggling when he left the pitch.

Maresca is hopeful the issue is minor but will await the result of checks on his talismanic forward.

"We will see. I asked him and he said he was OK, so hopefully it is nothing serious," he said.

Maresca became the first manager in Premier League history to win his first seven matches as table-topping City maintained their 100 percent start to the campaign.

But the Italian revealed a number of other players had also suffered knocks.

Source: The Standard Sports