Erling Haaland missed Saturday’s 1-0 win over Leicester City in the Premier League and Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Sevilla in the Champions League, but the 22-year-old has a chance of featuring in Saturday’s clash with Fulham after returning to training.
Pep Guardiola said days ago that the Norwegian international could be back in time to face the Cottagers and Manchester City posted a video on Twitter recently showing Haaland in training with the rest of the first-team squad, so he might be in contention of playing over the weekend.
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The 22-year-old has made 16 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring 22 goals with three assists. Haaland’s last outing for City was in October’s 0-0 draw with Borussia Dortmund, but he limped off at half time with a foot injury.
Guardiola’s assessment that he had damaged his ligament made it sound like the striker would be out of action for much longer than a week or two, but Haaland has made a speedy recovery.
It’s good timing as Saturday’s meeting with Fulham is an important game. City can go top of the Premier League table with a win over the West Londoners while hoping Arsenal slip up to Chelsea, so Guardiola will want Haaland leading the line as he guarantees goals.
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