Erling Haaland appeared to miss Manchester City training on Thursday, throwing his participation against Liverpool this weekend in major doubt.
Haaland is recovering from a groin issue picked up in the FA Cup win over Burnley that forced him to withdraw from international duty with Norway shortly after linking up with the squad. Haaland's father then confirmed the striker had been to City's partner hospital in Barcelona for tests, admitting that he was 'touch-and-go' for the Liverpool game.
Haaland was not in pictures published by City on Wednesday as the squad rejoined after the international break, although that could not confirm whether he actually trained or not. On Thursday, footage showed that Haaland was absent from the group, suggesting he is not yet recovered from his injury.
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City now have two days before the Liverpool fixture, where they will be looking to put a dent in Arsenal's eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League. The Blues also have a two-legged Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich coming up.
Phil Foden was also absent after having surgery at the weekend to remove his appendix, which had already ruled him out of the Liverpool game. Ederson, who couldn't feature for Brazil last week due to illness, has trained, however. In footage relayed by Sky Sports, it was stressed that not every City player had come out from the dressing room, so there is an outside chance that Haaland may have joined the training group at a later stage after cameras had departed - or that he was working indoors away from cameras.
Youngster Ben Knight was also spotted in training on Thursday, along with Maximo Perrone - who had been handed his first senior Argentina call-up over the last week.
Pep Guardiola will face the media on Friday, and will likely give an update on the fitness of both Haaland and Foden.
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