Erling Haaland's Injury Status for the Weekend: Premier League Update on Manchester City Striker
In a surprising move, Erling Haaland was benched for the Champions League match last night...
In a surprising move, Erling Haaland was benched for the Champions League match last night, leaving Omar Marmoush to lead the Citizens up front. Unfortunately, the gamble did not pay off as Real Madrid emerged victorious with a 3-0 win.
City’s decline has not been matched by Haaland, who has continued his absurd goalscoring rate, but the forward is an injury doubt going into a tough week of fixtures, with City facing Real Madrid and Liverpool.
Will Haaland be fit to face Real Madrid and Liverpool?
Haaland has bagged 27 goals in 35 appearances across all competitions this season, suggesting City would struggle to score if they lose their Norwegian striker to injury.
Following a 5-1 battering from Arsenal, scraping past Leyton Orient in the FA Cup, and the calamitous late display against Real Madrid, form returned to the Etihad as they beat Newcastle 4-0 last weekend. However, Haaland, who ranked at no.1 in FourFourTwo's list of the best strikers in the world right now, was substituted late on with a suspected knee injury.
Much to the relief of Manchester City fans Pep Guardiola issued a positive update on the striker’s potential injury, prior to the trip to Madrid.
On Saturday, Guardiola said: “When he [Haaland] was down everyone was scared. He got up, walked off smiling like always. I didn't speak to him but they didn't come for bad news.
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Omar Marmoush’s hat-trick against Newcastle will alleviate some of Manchester City fans’ fears if they are to face Liverpool without Haaland, but the huge task at hand seems more achievable with the clinical Norwegian up front.
Pictures emerged of Haaland training on Tuesday, suggesting he is close to starting once more.
