Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, confirmed that Erling Haaland did not pass a fitness test on Saturday after he felt discomfort in his knee after training.
The Norwegian, who loses a dramatic turnaround gymnastics outdate for Mohamed Salah to the Premier League Golden Boot Crown, limps last weekend in the last phases of City’s 4-0 victory against Newcastle and did not play a role in the middle of the week The defeat of the Champions League against Real Madrid.
Haaland was mentioned to Bernabeu, at least in the squad for the trip from City, but was a blatant omission by the team leaf, which was announced to visit the leader of the Premier League Liverpool.
“Yesterday after training he didn’t feel good,” said Guardiola Sky Sport from Haaland’s absence. “In these nine years we played many seasons without really important players and survived.
“We had many injuries this season and we couldn’t survive, but we have to do it in certain games.”
The city is also without long -term victims of injury Rodri and Manuel Akanji and John Stones, who want to recover for a few months on the treatment table that is recovering from a thigh injury.
Guardiola gave Omar Marmoush another start to take a first Premier League Hat trick against Newcastle and remembered Kevin de Bruyne in midfield after dropping the veteran Belgian on the bank for playing with Real Madrid.
Jeremy Doku, Phil Foden and Savinho were named in the middle of the city in the middle of the city, supported by the new midfield anchor Nico Gonzalez, who was one of four signatures with great money in January. Another Abdukodir Khusanov, central defender, was named next to Nathan Ake in the backline, with Ruben slides fell on the bench.
The Liverpool Manager Arne Slot recalled Curtis Jones of his starting line-up instead of Diogo Jota, while Cody Gakpo was appointed on the bench after missing the narrow 2-2 victory of the Red against Wolves last weekend.