Erling Haaland could play in Manchester City’s Premier League match against Liverpool on Saturday despite an injury scare while on international duty with Norway.
Haaland suffered a knock against the Faroe Islands last week and did not feature for his country against Scotland on Sunday. But City manager Pep Guardiola said Friday the striker was in contention for the top of the table clash with Liverpool.
“He trained yesterday with some niggles,” he said. “Today we are in the last training, hopefully he can play a part.”
Defending champion City is one point ahead of Liverpool at the top of the table.
Liverpool challenged for an unprecedented clean sweep of trophies two seasons ago, but last term ended up empty-handed and missed out on qualification for the Champions League.
“This team doesn’t have to pass a test now, the direction we are going — up — is really the right one, that is obvious,” Klopp said.
