Pep Guardiola will wait to discover the extent of Erling Haaland’s ‘problems’ after taking the Manchester City star off at half-time against Fulham.
Haaland, 25, scored to help City race into a 3-0 lead on Wednesday, meaning that the contest was largely done and dusted by the break.
When the Norwegian returned to the dressing room, he informed City staff that he felt ‘uncomfortable’.
Guardiola didn’t want to take a risk on Haaland and replaced him with Omar Marmoush for the second half.
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City saw out their dominant victory and moved within three points of Premier League leaders Arsenal, who have a game in hand. It also made it three wins in a row for Guardiola’s side after a tricky January.
Asked why he took Haaland off, the City manager replied (via MIrror) :”Niggles, some problems. He didn’t feel comfortable. It was 3-0, of course.
“The reason why? Many games. (Marc) Cucurella is injured, right? For Chelsea, he’s injured. You know the reason why, right? I didn’t speak with the doctors.
“I don’t know exactly what he has. He was just struggling, fatigue or something, I don’t know. He said he didn’t feel comfortable, it was 3-0. Common sense.”
