Manchester City’s Erling Haaland celebrates scoring against Burnley in the FA Cup quarter-final with team-mate Phil Foden
Erling Haaland scored his sixth hat-trick of the season in Manchester City’s last game against Burnley
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he may have to gamble on striker Erling Haaland’s fitness for Saturday’s Premier League game against Liverpool.
Haaland, 22, pulled out of Norway’s squad with a groin injury sustained in City’s FA Cup win over Burnley and will be assessed after training on Friday.
City will definitely be without Phil Foden, who faces up to three weeks out following appendix surgery on Sunday.
“Life is risks and sometimes you have to take it,” said Guardiola.
“The doctors and, especially, the player will see how he feels.
“We have scored a lot of goals this season and he has scored an incredible amount of goals. But we’ve always scored a lot of goals since we’ve been here.”
‘This momentous week suits Liverpool’
Haaland, who joined City from Borussia Dortmund in June for £51m, has scored 42 goals in 37 games this season, including 28 in 26 Premier League games.
City are eight points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal with a game in hand.
Foden could return for City’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against German champions Bayern Munich on 11 April. The return game is on 19 April.