{
  "id": 18082539,
  "title": "Enzo Maresca identifies a key issue Manchester City must solve beyond Erling Haaland",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/enzo-maresca-identifies-a-key-issue-manchester-city-must-solve-beyond",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-04T06:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/enzo-maresca-identifies-key-issue-063500945.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has identified a pressing issue for his team beyond the prolific scoring of Erling Haaland: the need for other players to contribute goals consistently. While City has created more than enough clear-cut chances in their last two Premier League defeats, they have failed to capitalize on them. With Antoine Semenyo out injured, the side lacks a reliable backup goalscorer outside Haaland. Maresca emphasized that his team cannot rely solely on Haaland to score every game, stating that the rest of the squad must also find the back of the net. Despite acknowledging Haaland's attacking prowess, Maresca stressed the importance of his teammates stepping up and scoring as well. He highlighted Rayan Cherki, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, and Iliman Ndiaye as potential solutions, as well as midfielders like Elliot Anderson and Enzo Fernandez, who need to add goals to their repertoire. If City's players can rise to the challenge and contribute more regularly from the final third, Maresca believes the team will become an even more formidable attacking force.",
  "summary": "Creating chances hasn’t been an issue for Manchester City in their defeats to Aston Villa and Brighton. Taking them has been the problem. Enzo Maresca’s side created more than enough clear-cut opp...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}