Erling Haaland volition miss Manchester City's Premier League crippled against Leicester City connected Saturday done injury.
The striker, who has scored 22 goals successful each competitions this season, was substituted astatine half-time of City's goalless Champions League gully with Borussia Dortmund successful midweek.
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At the clip City brag Pep Guardiola played down the decision, saying Haaland had been unwell earlier the lucifer and was struggling with a ft injury.
On Friday, astatine his prematch quality conference, Guardiola again played down Haaland's condition.
"He feels better," Guardiola said. "We are grooming this day truthful we'll assess. We volition spot however helium feels successful his ft and aft we volition decide."
Guardiola added helium has a ready-made replacement successful 22-year-old Argentinian Julian Alvarez.
"If Haaland doesn't play, past Alvarez is the earthy archetypal enactment to regenerate him," Guardiola added.
In full Guardiola makes 7 changes for the travel to Leicester with Kevin de Bruyne, Ederson and Jack Grealish returning. Phil Foden is connected the bench.
Manchester City XI: Ederson, Stones, Cancelo, Gundogan, Grealish, Laporte, Rodri, De Bruyne, Alvarez, Silva, Akanji.
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