is seemingly match and again and in competition following harm as put together to tackle on the Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.
Metropolis can shut the hole to leaders to 2 factors with victory over Newcastle, earlier than the .
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Haaland picked up a knock in Metropolis’s win towards Fulham final Wednesday and was for his or her victory over Salford Metropolis within the FA Cup three days later.
Haaland has scored 29 targets in 37 appearances in all competitions this season, and leads the race for the Premier League’s Golden Boot with 22, 5 away from his nearest challenger, Brentford’s Igor Thiago.
His health, nonetheless, has been questioned in current weeks, even earlier than harm within the Fulham recreation, and his scoring streak has tailed off with solely 4 targets in 13 appearances for the reason that flip of the yr.
However in an enormous increase for Metropolis, Guardiola appeared to substantiate that Haaland is again to one hundred pc as he nodded when requested if the Norwegian was “totally match”.
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The Catalan coach additionally supplied a extra blended report on Metropolis’s wing choices as he supplied an replace on the returns of Jeremy Doku and Savinho.
“Doku isn’t coaching and Savinho’s prepared,” he mentioned.
Newcastle come into the sport with renewed confidence after three consecutive wins, within the Premier League and earlier than the midweek within the Champions League play-offs.
Metropolis, in the meantime, have been buoyed by dropped factors for Arsenal in midweek as they
Erling Haaland’s return comes after Arsenal misplaced extra floor within the title race (AFP by way of Getty Photos)
The Cityzens have a Carabao Cup closing encounter with the Gunners in March earlier than welcoming them to the Etihad a month later, with the 2 sides set to joust it out for silverware through the season run-in.
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However Guardiola has reiterated that Metropolis are taking issues recreation by recreation, saying: “12 video games is loads like I mentioned earlier than. Newcastle is my solely concern. I’ll be involved concerning the League Cup closing with Arsenal when it comes then.
“I perceive as a journalist you wish to anticipate what will occur, who’s going to be champion – that doesn’t depend. It’s Newcastle (that’s the one focus), that’s all.”
When requested if he felt his facet had a greater likelihood to win the title now than they did at Christmas, he replied: “To be trustworthy, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s going to occur these subsequent 12 video games.
“I didn’t communicate one second about that (the title race) with my gamers. Yesterday and the day earlier than was simply Newcastle, Newcastle and Newcastle. I didn’t speak concerning the desk, I didn’t speak concerning the place. I couldn’t care much less. It’s 12 video games left, it’s an eternity.”