Premier League 2024-25: Haaland sidelined for Manchester City game against Liverpool with knee injury
Premier League 2024-25: Haaland sidelined for Manchester City game against Liverpool with knee injury
Manchester City’s leading scorer Erling Haaland was not named in Pep Guardiola’s team for Sunday’s match against Premier League-leading Liverpool as he recovers from a knee injury.
Haaland, who has 19 league goals this season and 27 across all competitions, limped off the Etihad Stadium pitch in the second half of City’s 4-0 victory over Newcastle on February 15.
Speaking about Haaland’s status before the match, Guardiola said: “Don’t know yet. Tomorrow we will know it, but I don’t know. It’s better to have Erling on the pitch but obviously, we don’t have it. But of course, with Erling, we are stronger.”
He missed the team’s second leg of the Champions League playoff against Real Madrid where City was eliminated by a 6-3 aggregate.
Man City faces a tough test against Arne Slot’s Liverpool, which sits atop the standings with 61 points, 17 more than Guardiola’s side in fourth place, with a game in hand.
Haaland and Newcastle’s Alexander Isak are tied for second place in league scoring behind Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
Published on Feb 23, 2025
