Manchester City striker Erling Haaland remains a doubt about the Premier League champions with Liverpool in Etihad on Sunday, Live on HeavenlyWhile the attacker recovers from a knee injury, manager Pep Guardiola said at his pre-hearing press conference on Friday.
Haaland damaged his right knee late in City’s 4-0 win over Newcastle United last Saturday and did not play in the club’s 3-1 loss in Real Madrid on Wednesday who saw them eliminated from the Champions League in phase last 16th.
Asked about Haaland’s potential availability to confront league leaders this weekend, Guardiola said he was unsafe and that international Norway would undergo Saturday.
“Maybe (he will be able to play),” Guardiola said, “I don’t know yet. Tomorrow (Saturday) we will know it but I don’t know. It is better to have erling on the field, But obviously we don’t have it, but of course with erling we are stronger. “
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Meanwhile, Guardiola confirmed England in the center John Stoneswho also came out early in the Santiago Bernabeu in midweek, may seek surgery on an foot injury and will not play against Liverpool.
City leads to Sunday’s confrontation against reds sitting in an unknown fourth place in high flight ranking, a massive 17 points behind Arne Slot’s team – and now looking for it again in the season champions league next.
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Really really hard to say at such a low moment, but I think the facts were thrown out of the naked man that Man City were so far below the level they had to compete against Real Madrid in Spain, he wrote Sky Sports News columnist Ben in Madrid.
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Ben Ransom of Sky Sports reflects on Manchester City’s Subpar performance against Real Madrid after Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick helped Los Blancos throw the Pep Guardiola from Uefa Champions League.
Ever since I arrived in Madrid a few days ago, there has been a growing belief that despite the first match, regardless of the way it ended, City would come here and really challenged Madrid, scoring, bothering them .
I think this was the most disturbing thing from Pep Guardiola’s perspective on Wednesday evening – that the team was not the team we are used to seeing. They were unknown in the sense that with the ball they did not cause enough problems.
