Man City confirm double selection boost ahead of Liverpool trip

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-09 · by Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

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Manchester City confirmed that Erling Haaland and Liam Semenyo participated in training ahead of their upcoming match against Liverpool. This is seen as a positive development for the team’s preparation. While there was no sign of player O’Reilly in the training session images, manager Maresca will provide an update during the pre-match press conference on Friday morning.
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On Thursday, Manchester City players returned to the City Football Academy to prepare for their upcoming match against Liverpool. A significant boost for Manchester City came from the participation of Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez (likely a typo for Semenyo) in the training session. Manager Maresca aims to ensure players feel heard, agreeing that they will continue until they cannot contribute further, around the 60-minute mark or so. While there was no sighting of O'Reilly in the training images uploaded by the club, an update is expected at the pre-match press conference on Friday morning.

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Narrative

As the Man City players returned to the City Football Academy on Thursday to begin preparations for the Liverpool clash, both Haaland and Semenyo took part in the training session in a double boost for Maresca.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-09
🔮 “It’s important that they feel I’m listening to them, and we agreed that he would keep going until he felt he couldn’t contribute anymore.
2026-10-09 · Evening Standard
Man City confirm double selection boost ahead of Liverpool trip · assertive framing

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“It’s important that they feel I’m listening to them, and we agreed that he would keep going until he felt he couldn’t contribute anymore. asserted
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As the Man City players returned to the City Football Academy on Thursday to begin preparations for the Liverpool clash, both Haaland and Semenyo took part in the training session in a double boost for Maresca. asserted
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There was, however, no sign of O’Reilly from the images uploaded to the club’s official website but Maresca is sure to provide an update in the pre-match press conference on Friday morning. asserted
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