Premier League 2024-25: Haaland sidelined for Manchester City game against Liverpool with knee injury
Manchester City’s leading scorer Erling Haaland was not named in Pep Guardiola’s team for Sunday’s match against Premier League-leading Liverpool as he recovers from a knee injury.
Haaland, who has 19 league goals this season and 27 across all competitions, limped off the Etihad Stadium pitch in the second half of City’s 4-0 victory over Newcastle on February 15.
Speaking about Haaland’s status before the match, Guardiola said: “Don’t know yet. Tomorrow we will know it, but I don’t know. It’s better to have Erling on the pitch but obviously, we don’t have it. But of course, with Erling, we are stronger.”
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He missed the team’s second leg of the Champions League playoff against Real Madrid where City was eliminated by a 6-3 aggregate.
Man City faces a tough test against Arne Slot’s Liverpool, which sits atop the standings with 61 points, 17 more than Guardiola’s side in fourth place, with a game in hand.
Haaland and Newcastle’s Alexander Isak are tied for second place in league scoring behind Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
