Erling Haaland has been dominated out of Manchester City’s Premier League recreation at Newcastle on Saturday due to a foot damage, and he’s prone to be out till the top of January.
FILE PHOTO: Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella fouls Manchester City’s Erling Braut Haaland (REUTERS)
The Norway striker has missed the previous eight video games in all competitions although he is nonetheless the co-leading scorer within the league with 14 objectives. Haaland hasn’t performed since a 1-0 loss to Aston Villa on Dec. 6.
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“Hopefully at the end of this month he’ll be ready,” City manager Pep Guardiola said. “It was a little bit more than we expected in the beginning.
“It’s the bone. It needs time. With every injury you can do whatever you want but it’s a question of time.”
On Friday, Guardiola additionally confirmed that defender John Stones (ankle) will not go well with up towards Newcastle.
“Erling is out and John is out,” the supervisor mentioned.
The 23-year-old Haaland, who has returned to coaching, has additionally scored 5 objectives in Champions League play this marketing campaign.
Playmaking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is about for extra minutes Saturday, presumably as a starter for the defending champions as they appear to tug inside two factors of league chief Liverpool.
The Belgium worldwide returned from a hamstring damage Sunday as a second-half substitute in City’s 5-0 win over Huddersfield within the FA Cup. Right on cue, De Bruyne supplied an help on Jeremy Doku’s purpose.
Guardiola mentioned the midfielder appears “actually good (and) dynamic” and indicated he is prepared to begin.
The staff will head to Abu Dhabi after the match at St. James’ Park for some warm-weather coaching forward of its subsequent recreation — at Tottenham on Jan. 26 within the fourth spherical of the FA Cup.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
