Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he still doesn’t know if Norwegian star Erling Haaland will be able to attend Saturday’s match against Leicester City in the English Premier League.
Haaland, who has scored 22 goals in 17 games for Manchester City this season, was eliminated during the match that ended in a negative draw with Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, and Guariola explained the player was injured. and he felt bad.
Questioned on the possibility of a Halland participation in Saturday’s match, Guardiola said in Friday’s press conference: “He’s fine, but in a few hours we will train and evaluate things”. Then we will decide.
Guardiola explained that if Halland cannot participate, Julian Alvarez will be his natural alternative in the starting line-up.
Argentina international Alvarez, who joined Manchester City earlier this season, scored four goals for the team, including one in the English Premier League, and the game against Dortmund on Tuesday saw his fourth participation in the starting line-up.
Guardiola added, in statements published by the British “Ba Media” press agency: “If Haaland didland did not play, Alvarez would be the natural alternative to play in his place”. I don’t judge Julian by the number of goals he scored.
He added: “By playing 90 minutes in each game, he will score goals. Maybe not like Erling, but he will score goals.
