Prolific striker Erling Haaland was not a part of Manchester City’s squad to play Liverpool on Saturday after failing to get well from a groin damage.
The Norway worldwide, who has scored 42 targets in all competitions this season, needed to withdraw from his nation’s European Championship qualifiers towards Spain and Georgia final week due to the issue.
“He is not fit. He is not feeling right,” City supervisor Pep Guardiola stated forward of the sport. “It is not a big issue but today he was not right.”
Haaland leads the Premier League scoring charts with 28 targets and has scored 9 targets in his final three matches in all competitions.
The recreation was essential for each groups, with City eight factors behind first-placed Arsenal, and Liverpool preventing to safe a top-four spot for Champions League qualification.
Guardiola stated earlier this week that the 22-year-old Haaland can be given an opportunity to show his health through the crew’s coaching session on Friday. Haaland’s father, Alf-Inge, was quoted by Norwegian TV through the week as saying that his son had traveled to Barcelona for remedy.
World Cup winner Julian Alvarez opened the entrance for the defending champions alongside Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish. City had been additionally with out winger Phil Foden, who’s recovering from appendix surgical procedure.
City play at Southampton subsequent weekend earlier than a mid-week match towards Bayern Munich within the Champions League semi-finals.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
