Erling Haaland injury: Man City striker suffers new muscle issue ahead of FA Cup semi-final vs Chelsea
Erling Haaland has a picked up a new muscle injury in a blow to Manchester City's FA Cup and Premier League title hopes.
The striker asked to be taken off at the end of 90 minutes on Wednesday, before City were dumped out of the Champions League on penalties to Real Madrid. Kevin De Bruyne did the same soon after.
Pep Guardiola has confirmed Haaland "felt something" during the game at the Etihad Stadium, to throw doubt over his participation against Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday and against Brighton in the league five days later.
"Kevin [De Bruyne] seems well," Guardiola said. "Erling [Haaland] felt something, a muscular issue. Kevin felt exhausted, so tired, after five months out injured, so that's normal. We'll see more tomorrow. [Haaland] A little bit niggles, a little bit problems, we will see his evolution in the next hours.
"It's normal [to be tired] with the amount of games we've played this season and in the previous seasons. There's not much time for recovery, we played extra-time and the intensity we play. We are not machines, the fatigue is there."
"We don't have an option, we can't feel sorry for ourselves. We don't have time to reflect, we'll do that in the summertime. You compete to win, but sometimes you lose games, and that's what happened."
