Haaland was seen limping off after twisting his ankle on a run contained in the opposition field. (Credit: Twitter)
Erling Haaland was substituted at halftime in Manchester City’s 6-1 win towards Bournemouth on Saturday after twisting an ankle.
Erling Haaland was substituted at halftime in Manchester City’s 6-1 win towards Bournemouth on Saturday after twisting an ankle.
City supervisor Pep Guardiola stated he withdrew the striker as a precaution, nevertheless it was too quickly to inform if Haaland could be accessible for Tuesday’s Champions League recreation towards Young Boys.
But with City properly on target for the final 16 thanks to 3 wins from their opening three group video games, Guardiola might give Haaland further time to recuperate for Sunday’s journey to Chelsea within the Premier League.
“Twist in the ankle. We didn’t want to take risks with him. He didn’t feel comfortable,” Guardiola stated.
“He’ll be back maybe Tuesday, but maybe next Sunday.”
Haaland failed to search out the online in his 45 minutes on the sphere, however City have been nonetheless rampant as they went again to the highest of the Premier League.
Jeremy Doku impressed City to a win, scoring one and creating 4 extra because the defending Premier League champions moved to the highest of the desk.
Bernardo Silva scored twice, whereas Manuel Akanji, Phil Foden and Nathan Ake have been additionally on course.
Haaland hit the submit with a header and later he pulled up in discomfort when making a run within the field within the first half. City didn’t verify which ankle the Norway striker damage.
Haaland has scored 13 objectives in all competitions this season, together with two in final week’s 3-0 win towards Manchester United.
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