Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland will must be assessed earlier than the journey to Premier League leaders Arsenal on Wednesday after choosing up a knock within the win over Aston Villa.
Haaland, who has scored 25 objectives within the Premier League this season, was taken off at half-time within the 3-1 victory and Guardiola confirmed it was due to a “kick” the striker took through the match.
City’s victory over Villa reduce Arsenal’s lead on the high of the Premier League to simply three factors forward of Wednesday’s conflict on the Emirates Stadium however Guardiola admitted Haaland’s involvement is doubtful.
The supervisor mentioned: “Erling has a kick and we will see in the next days how he will do.
“I think it is not injured but tomorrow we will see. Maybe Wednesday, but if there is some risks he is not going to play.
“If he’s not ready, somebody else will play. But hopefully he is ready.”
Wednesday’s high of the desk conflict is the primary assembly of Arsenal and City within the Premier League this season.
Mikel Arteta’s group have been held to a 1-1 draw by Brentford on Saturday, which adopted a 1-0 defeat to Everton final weekend.
City responded to their defeat at Tottenham, in addition to the Premier League prices of alleged monetary breaches, with a dominant victory on Sunday and Guardiola’s group will go high in the event that they beat Arsenal on Wednesday night time.
Guardiola rested a number of different gamers within the second half of the victory over Villa, after objectives from Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez gave City a three-goal lead on the break.