Pep Guardiola expressed concern about the speed of play during a past match against Crystal Palace. He indicated that Erling Haaland may not play against Crystal Palace due to an injury, with hopes that he can travel to Saudi for the World Cup. Guardiola mentioned that Haaland's injury is not a fracture but stress-related. Manchester City's boss is uncertain about Haaland's fitness for the upcoming weekend.
Erling Haaland still sidelined for Man City with Club World Cup matches in doubt https://t.co/UdXHxB6vWE
💬 "I don't think so, but maybe they'll tell me something new" Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on whether Erling Haaland will be fit to play this weekend 🆕👇 https://t.co/pAM78gMhIN
Guardiola certainly made it sound like Haaland will be out tomorrow, saying he hoped he would be back for Saudi. https://t.co/rWmyxsRoPR
🚨🔵 Guardiola on Haaland: “I’m not worried. Not fractured, just stress”. “Hopefully Erling can travel to Saudi. Tomorrow, after the game we see if he plays the first game or second at the World Cup”. https://t.co/M2KTgddcaz
Guardiola doesn’t think Haaland will play against Crystal Palace: “he arrives today and we’ll see. The doctors will see him and they’ll see how he feels.” “He’s had treatment away (from the training ground.)” “hopefully he’s able to travel to Saudi.” He says it’s possible he’ll…
Against Crystal Palace in 2017, Guardiola was annoyed about City’s speed of play. "If there was a foul, no-one went to take the ball and start to play. There was five, ten seconds before someone goes to take the ball and start to play. When this happens everything is slow.” So… https://t.co/kjCjsxqOXR https://t.co/BGrlJplVwe