Erling Halland, a Norwegian striker for Manchester City, suffered an injury against Borussia Dortmund and left the game after 45 minutes, which caused Spanish coach Pep Guardiola to worry that the squad might not score in their following matches.
The Norwegian striker had little impact on the game during the first half as he touched the ball 13 times, made 7 passes, and did not pay any balls towards the opponent’s goal due to a hand injury that caused blood to surface.
Halland did not participate in the second half of the match, Riad Mahrez missed a penalty kick and in Manchester City in a draw at the top of the group, while Borussia Dortmund made qualification as the second group for the round of 16.
Erling Halland’s injury worried Spaniard Pep Guardiola, who noted three incidents: “First I saw him weary, second he had a temperature in his body, third he had a blow to his foot and as a result he did not play the second half.
” The Spanish coach added about the seriousness of the injury, “I do not know yet, I spoke with the medical staff in a period between the two halves and they were worried, but I saw him walking well after the end of the meeting. ”
“Dortmund did not want to put too much pressure on us because we were successful in getting to the round of 16, and it appears that they thought that the draw would benefit both them and us.
“Manchester City will play Leicester on Saturday in the English Premier League, and they will need their Norwegian striker, who was absent from Copenhagen’s Champions League matchup and failed to score in their third meeting this season, following matches against Bournemouth and Liverpool.
Eryng Halland leads the Premier League in scoring with 17 goals after tallying 22 goals for Manchester City in 15 appearances this season across all competitions.
Guardiola is worried that Halland’s injury may prevent him from playing in the forthcoming games.
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