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For large parts of Wednesday night's Carabao Cup tie in Wales, Manchester City seemed to lean into the narrative that without Erling Haaland they're a blunt attack.

The Blues struggled to create clear-cut chances against Swansea with their equaliser against the Championship club owing a fair amount to good fortune given the hefty deflection that took Jeremy Doku's effort into the goal.

Haaland will have watched on from afar having not travelled as Pep Guardiola gave a few of his most-worked players so far this season the night off.

Haaland has 11 of City's 17 Premier League goals this term. The only other player to find the net more than once in the top-flight for the Blues doesn't even play for the club.

Maxime Esteve, who put through his own net twice at the Etihad

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