Pep Guardiola handed devastating Erling Haaland blow with Manchester Metropolis star set to overlook majority of Premier League run-in
Erling Haaland is about to spend a while on the sidelines after sustaining an ankle damage in Manchester Metropolis’s FA Cup quarter-final win over Bournemouth on Sunday, the membership have confirmed.
The 24-year-old missed a penalty and squandered a sequence of presentable probabilities within the first-half of Metropolis’s hard-fought 2-1 victory – earlier than substitute Nico O’Reilly arrange the ahead to degree proceedings within the forty ninth minute.
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Haaland landed awkwardly on his ankle near the hour mark and was subsequently changed by January signing Omar Marmoush, who netted the winner which was as soon as once more arrange by O’Reilly, taking Metropolis to a document seventh consecutive FA Cup semi-final.
After the sport, Haaland was noticed leaving the Vitality Stadium on crutches and Pep Guardiola stated in his post-match press convention he was uncertain concerning the extent of the damage picked up the Norway worldwide.
Metropolis are preventing to complete within the Premier League high 4 and safe a spot in subsequent season’s UEFA Champions League, sitting in fifth place with 9 league video games left to play.
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The reigning Premier League champions welcome Nineteenth-placed Leicester Metropolis to the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night and Guardiola is about to overlook Haaland in opposition to the Foxes after Manchester Metropolis confirmed Haaland is about for a while on the remedy desk.
A launched on Monday learn: “Manchester Metropolis FC can verify that Erling Haaland has suffered an damage to his left ankle. The Norwegian striker sustained the damage throughout Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final victory away at AFC Bournemouth.
“Erling (Haaland) underwent preliminary checks in Manchester on Monday morning and can now search specialist session to substantiate the total extent of the damage.
“Evaluation stays ongoing to establish a full prognosis. The expectation is that Erling might be slot in time to play an additional half within the the rest of this season, together with this summer season’s FIFA Membership World Cup.”
It stays to be seen if Haaland can recuperate a time to play some half in Metropolis’s previous couple of Premier League matches and FA Cup remaining, ought to the Blues see off Nottingham Forest within the semi-final at Wembley.