{"id":299114,"date":"2023-12-12T18:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299114"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:10:46","slug":"erling-haaland-faces-fitness-race-for-man-citys-club-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/erling-haaland-faces-fitness-race-for-man-citys-club-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland faces fitness race for Man City&apos;s Club World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Erling Haaland faces a race to be fit for Manchester City&#8217;s Club World Cup semi-final&#8230; with Pep Guardiola doubtful his star striker will return for next week&#8217;s game against Crystal Palace<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Erling Haaland missed Man City&#8217;s trip to Luton with a &#8216;bone stress injury&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Norwegian star had started every Premier League game for City this season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>United are three points behind City\u2026 a league table can LIE. There are chasms between them &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Erling Haaland faces a race to prove his fitness for Manchester City\u2019s tilt at the Club World Cup next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League\u2019s top scorer, who obliterated records during an astonishing first season in England, did not travel with the champions for yesterday\u2019s 2-1 win at Luton Town.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland has a foot injury sustained during the midweek defeat by Aston Villa and could hardly walk the day after, according to Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>The City boss insisted the issue is not a serious problem \u2013 but they will monitor the 23-year-old\u2019s progress before jetting off to Saudi Arabia after Saturday\u2019s game against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s stress (on the) bone,\u2019 Guardiola said. \u2018Just stress. Please don\u2019t ask if his foot is broken. He was not ready for this game, I don\u2019t think he will be ready for Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/11\/78788043-12847069-image-a-16_1702208696980.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland faces a race to be fit ahead of Man City&#8217;s Club World Cup semi-final next week\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/22\/78798695-0-image-a-1_1702246174322.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Haaland did not travel with the City squad for their 2-1 victory against Luton on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78788671-12847069-Pep_Guardiola_has_opted_to_play_Julian_Alvarez_further_forward_i-a-10_1702216861530.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola instead opted to play Julian Alvarez further forward in the absence of Haaland<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Hopefully he can be ready for Saudi Arabia. Week-by-week will dictate how he feels.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Star winger Jeremy Doku is also out, having now missed the last two games with a hamstring problem. City will not rush the Belgian back, fearing his style of play may exacerbate the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It&#8217;s not a big, big issue like Kevin (De Bruyne) was,\u2019 Guardiola added. \u2018We have to think about it because of his explosiveness. We have to be careful. Maybe one week or two weeks he will be ready again.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/14\/78788811-12847069-City_are_yet_to_confirm_the_extent_of_Haaland_s_injury_but_they_-a-11_1702216861531.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Guardiola said that the Norwegian had suffered stress on a bone in his foot<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12848201\/Man-City-Erling-Haaland-Pep-Guardiola-fitness-club-world-cup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erling Haaland faces a race to be fit for Manchester City&#8217;s Club World Cup semi-final&#8230; with Pep Guardiola doubtful his star striker will return for next week&#8217;s game against Crystal Palace Erling Haaland missed Man City&#8217;s trip to Luton with a &#8216;bone stress injury&#8217;\u00a0 The Norwegian star had started every Premier League game for City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Erling Haaland faces fitness race for Man City&amp;apos;s Club World Cup - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/erling-haaland-faces-fitness-race-for-man-citys-club-world-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Erling Haaland faces fitness race for Man City&amp;apos;s Club World Cup - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Erling Haaland faces a race to be fit for Manchester City&#8217;s Club World Cup semi-final&#8230; 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