If Erling Haaland’s extraordinary goalscoring feats render him irreplaceable, every now and again Manchester City are confronted by the question of how to replace him, if only for the occasional game he sits out.
The answer was supposed to be Antoine Semenyo, but as another ever-present this season, he was also rested. It could have been Phil Foden, but he was suspended after his Manchester derby red card. It used to be Omar Marmoush, but he is now at Tottenham, failing to score for them.
