Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola has defined why Erling Haaland missed their Premier League match in opposition to Leicester Metropolis.
The defending Premier League champions left Haaland out of the squad to face Leicester Metropolis. The Norwegian had suffered a knock on his foot throughout Man Metropolis’s Champions League match in opposition to his former facet Borussia Dortmund earlier this week.
Guardiola had taken him off at half-time in opposition to Dortmund, and, after the match, cited three causes as to why he subbed him off. The Man Metropolis supervisor stated Haaland was drained, that he had fever and that he picked up a knock.
On the pre-match press convention forward of their match in opposition to Leicester Metropolis, Guardiola couldn’t affirm whether or not Haaland could be out there for choice in opposition to the Foxes.
Pep Guardiola explains why Erling Haaland missed Man Metropolis vs Leicester Metropolis match
Chatting with BT Sport forward of kick-off, Guardiola revealed that the ligament harm he sustained through the match in opposition to Dortmund dominated him out of the Man Metropolis vs Leicester Metropolis fixture.
“Yeah [the reason he went off vs Dortmund is why he is missing]. He has recovered from the fever, from the tiredness, however not from the ligament,” Guardiola informed BT Sport [via Manchester Evening News].
In the meantime, Man Metropolis secured a 1-0 win over Leicester Metropolis regardless of the absence of the highly-rated Norway worldwide. After a goalless first half, Kevin de Bruyne struck from a free-kick within the 49th minute to provide Man Metropolis the lead.
Leicester Metropolis had conceded a foul on Jack Grealish in a harmful place. De Bruyne stepped as much as take the kick, and his effort went off the submit. That may show to be the winner as Man Metropolis took residence all three factors.
The win additionally takes Man Metropolis to the highest of the Premier League factors desk. Guardiola’s facet have 29 factors from 12 video games within the league this season. They’re one level away from Arsenal, however the Gunners have a recreation in hand.
Arsenal have 28 factors, however the north London outfit have solely performed 11 matches within the league to date this season. They host Nottingham Forest on the Emirates Stadium on Sunday of their subsequent league fixture.
Mikel Arteta’s males will leapfrog Man Metropolis and reclaim the highest place in the event that they get the higher of Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
