Pep Guardiola has provided an update on Erling Haaland’s injury, as Manchester City awaits the health of their top scorer before hosting Nottingham Forest on Wednesday in the Premier League. Haaland had a slight knee injury in training last Thursday and missed the 1-0 win over Leeds United. Haaland’s availability was undoubtedly the primary discussion point before of the game against struggling Forest.
Although Haaland’s goal rate has slowed down since the start of the year compared to earlier in the campaign, he has still proved crucial to City’s resurgence in results. The Norwegian assisted Bernardo Silva’s equaliser then bagged the decisive penalty in the 2-1 win over Liverpool in February, scored in the 3-0 rout of Fulham and then played his part in the 2-1 win over Newcastle with an all-action performance which underlined the improvements he has made to his all-round game.
Even though City beat Leeds thanks to a goal from fellow forward Antoine Semenyo, Haaland’s injury comes at the crucial stage in the season, with 10 games remaining in the Premier League title race with Arsenal and City also having to contend with an FA Cup fifth-round tie at Newcastle, the Carabao Cup final at Arsenal and the small matter of a Champions League last-16 tie with Real Madrid before the international break.
Guardiola told a press conference: “He feels much better, but yesterday we didn’t train and now we have training. We’ll decide today…”
