Guardiola hopeful Haaland can face Real Madrid

Mark Ogden, a senior soccer writer for ESPN.com, reported on Pep Guardiola’s hope that Erling Haaland will be fit for Manchester City’s Champions League match against Real Madrid despite sustaining a knee injury during a Premier League game against Newcastle. Guardiola expressed relief that Haaland walked off the pitch smiling and indicated that the initial assessment from the doctor was not dire. Haaland, who scored City’s two goals in the previous Champions League match against Real, was given the captain’s armband for the first time in the Premier League following his recent ten-year contract signing.

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