Haaland left out of squad for Manchester City's clash against Leicester
Erling Haaland has been left out of Manchester City squad for the game against Leicester City at the King Power on Saturday.
Manchester City will face Leicester City in the Premier League at the King Power stadium. Manchester City is two points behind Arsenal and can go top of the Premier League with a win over Leicester.
Erling Haaland misses his first Premier League match this season due to injury. Haaland was substituted at half-time in Dortmund on Tuesday and after the game, Pep Guardiola said he is suffering a knock to his foot. On Friday, Man City manager said Haaland feels better and will be assessed ahead of Saturday's trip to Leicester.
CITY XI:
Ederson, Stones, Akanji, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Alvarez, Grealish
SUBS |
Ortega Moreno, Carson, Dias, Ake, Gomez, Mahrez, Foden, Lewis, Wilson-Esbrand
Leicester:
Ward, Justin, Amartey, Faes, Soyuncu, Castagne, Dewsbury-Hall, Tielemans, Barnes, Maddison, Vardy
Subs:
Iversen, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Daka, Mendy, Ndidi, Praet, Thomas
Other than Haaland, Guardiola has decided to make six changes from the team that drew at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in midweek. Man City is in second place with 26 points after 11 matches.
Leicester is unbeaten in their last three games and has just lost once in their last five matches. Brenden Rodgers’s side has finally climbed out of the relegation zone and is in 17th place.
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