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Maresca on Semenyo injury, Foden replacing Haaland and 'control'

Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca has been speaking to the media before Tuesday's Champions League game against AEK Athens at Etihad Stadium (kick-off 20:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

  • Maresca says that Antoine Semenyo will "probably be out for eight weeks", adding: "At first we expected an even worse injury, but after the scan we feel much better. It is not a muscle problem."

  • On Erling Haaland's fitness: "He can be available but we'll see. We have a session. We had some doubts after the game but he was quite good yesterday [Sunday]. We'll see today."

  • Matheus Nunes, Mateo Kovacic and Nico O'Riley are "more or less OK" after coming off against Ipswich.

  • On the prospect of Phil Foden playing in Haaland's absence: "Phil can be one of the solutions, but not the only one. He has played in the past in that position so he can do it again. At the moment, the number nine is Erling."

  • When asked if he wants his team to be "tighter", Maresca said: "How many chances did we concede? I don't remember any clear chances [apart from the goals]. Yes, we conceded, but after that we didn't concede chances. We need to control everything."

  • Maresca said they need to "pay attention" to player workloads, adding: "This is the reason why we needed to make changes against Ipswich and why we need to do some tomorrow. Sometimes things happen that we cannot control [like Semenyo's injury]."

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