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MCFC's Erling Haaland Plays Down Injury Concerns, Reveals Pep's Message

Haaland has linked up with his national team ahead of friendly matches against the Czech Republic on Friday and Slovakia on Tuesday

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Manchester City will meet PL rivals Arsenal in top-two clash at the Etihad on March 31. Photo: AP
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Erling Haaland played down concerns he sustained an injury in training with Norway this week 바카라” and revealed a message he was sent by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola before going away on international duty. (More Football news)

Haaland has linked up with his national team ahead of friendly matches against the Czech Republic on Friday and Slovakia on Tuesday.

Footage from a Norway training session on Tuesday showed Haaland in apparent pain, even if the Norwegian team doctor said afterward there was no problem with the striker바카라™s fitness.

Speaking at a news conference in Oslo on Thursday, Haaland said he was 바카라œfeeling fine.바카라

바카라œI didn바카라™t walk off the training 바카라” I don바카라™t know who wrote that,바카라 he said in English. 바카라œI trained the full training and I바카라˜m feeling good and ready to play the game.바카라

Guardiola will be hoping Haaland comes through Norway바카라™s games unscathed, with City facing a run of big matches after the international break in its bid to win the English Premier League-FA Cup-Champions League treble for the second straight season.

Indeed, City plays Arsenal, one of its rivals for the Premier League title, in their first game back on March 31.

Haaland, the top scorer in the Premier League last season and this season so far, has already missed nearly two months of this season because of a foot injury.

바카라œThe only thing Pep said,바카라 Haaland said cheerfully in quotes carried by Norwegian newspaper VG, 바카라œwas, 바카라˜If you바카라™re not well when you come back, I바카라™ll come after you.바카라™바카라

Haaland referenced the challenge of playing so many games for club and country each season, with the March international break coming at an awkward time for club managers ahead of the final weeks of the domestic seasons.

바카라œIt바카라™s nice to play for the country,바카라 Haaland said in VG. 바카라œBut facing Arsenal next weekend versus (playing) the Czech Republic at home is different. I바카라™m not going to lie. There바카라™s a big difference.

바카라œBut what do you do? There are as many games as possible on the calendar. That seems to be the goal.바카라

Norway hasn바카라™t qualified for the European Championship being played in Germany across June and July.

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