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Guardiola gives an update on Haaland’s speculated injury

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February 13, 2023

Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola has said they are waiting patiently to know if Erling Haaland suffered a serious injury during the match against Aston Villa on Sunday, February 12.

Haaland was withdrawn at half-time against Villa following a collision with Emiliano Martinez in which he appeared to take a blow to his thigh. He underwent a brief treatment before going on to provide an assist for Ilkay Gundogan in a 3-1 win and making it through to the interval unscathed.

Guardiola told Sky Sports that substituting the Norwegian during the march was partly precautionary, and they are waiting on the outcome of medical tests before making a full assessment of the 22-year-old’s potential involvement in a crunch clash with Arsenal on Wednesday, February 15.

He said;

“Haaland had a big knock, he was uncomfortable. At 3-0 we don’t want to take risks. We’ll see and assess in the next days. If he is not ready, we play another one. Hopefully he’s ready but we will see.”