He trained a bit yesterday, but we spoke yesterday, this morning, and he said he doesn't feel good so another one," said Guardiola ahead of kick-off when explaining why Haaland was left on the bench.
Optimism over Haaland grew at the beginning of the week as he took part in a training session and was subsequently named in the squad that flew to Spain for the crucial Champions League knockout play-off round second-leg decider against Real Madrid.
Haaland suffered a knee issue during last weekend’s 4-0 win over Newcastle and appeared to be in some discomfort before being replaced by Mateo Kovacic in the closing stages.
Erling Haaland is a doubt for Manchester City’s Premier League showdown with Liverpool this weekend.
“Probably, with the images (scans) we have done, it’s fine but he has discomfort walking, for example with stairs, and we spoke yesterday and this morning and he said he’s not ready, he doesn’t feel good.”.
