Erling Haaland is ready to play as Manchester City take on Bournemouth in the Premier League on Sunday.
The striker’s goalscoring run came to an end last weekend in a 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa, as he failed to net in a game for the first time since AugustPep Guardiola revealed new update on fitness of in-form striker heading into the weekend
Haaland thought he had rescued a point with a late equaliser, sliding in and colliding with the back post before the ball crossed the line, only to be denied by the offside flag.
And that knock against the upright has proved troublesome, with Guardiola ruling Haaland out of the Carabao Cup victory at Swansea as a result.
However, he returned to training on Thursday and is in line to feature against high-flying Bournemouth alongside Rodri, who has now recovered from a hamstring injury.
“Yeah, [Haaland is fit],” Guardiola told reporters on Friday.
“I think he [Rodri] will be ready to help. I don’t know if he will be able to play from the beginning, but hopefully he can be with us.”
Read MoreHowever, he returned to training on Thursday and is in line to feature against high-flying Bournemouth alongside Rodri, who has now recovered from a hamstring injury.
“Yeah, [Haaland is fit],” Guardiola told reporters on Friday.
“I think he [Rodri] will be ready to help. I don’t know if he will be able to play from the beginning, but hopefully he can be with us.”
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Haaland thought he had rescued a point with a late equaliser, sliding in and colliding with the back post before the ball crossed the line, only to be denied by the offside flag.
And that knock against the upright has proved troublesome, with Guardiola ruling Haaland out of the Carabao Cup victory at Swansea as a result.
Haaland thought he had rescued a point with a late equaliser, sliding in and colliding with the back post before the ball crossed the line, only to be denied by the offside flag.
And that knock against the upright has proved troublesome, with Guardiola ruling Haaland out of the Carabao Cup victory at Swansea as a result.
Haaland thought he had rescued a point with a late equaliser, sliding in and colliding with the back post before the ball crossed the line, only to be denied by the offside flag.
And that knock against the upright has proved troublesome, with Guardiola ruling Haaland out of the Carabao Cup victory at Swansea as a result.
