Manchester City and Arsenal suffer injury scares ahead of title clash
Erling Haaland has limped out of training while on international duty with Norway.
The Manchester City forward was filmed coming off the training pitch with an apparent knock only 12 days before the champions host title rivals Arsenal.
Haaland, who appeared to be holding part of his leg when he departed from the training session, has scored 18 league goals this season and will no doubt start for City when Arsenal visit the Etihad Stadium on Easter Sunday should he be fit to do so.
Pep Guardiola will be hoping that proves the case and Haaland’s injury is not serious. Norway are set to face Czech Republic in a friendly on Friday before hosting Slovakia next week.
Arsenal centre-back Gabriel Magalhães will miss Brazil’s friendlies against England on Saturday and Spain next week because of injury, with Juventus’s Bremer named as his replacement.
Brazil’s coach, Dorival Júnior, gave no details on the injury when announcing the news, but Arsenal will be desperate for Gabriel to be fit for their Premier League trip to Manchester City on March 31. Dorival said: “Today we had another casualty. Unfortunately, Gabriel Magalhães is uncalled. In his place, we’re calling up Bremer, from Juventus.”
The Arsenal defender joins Gabriel Martinelli, Casemiro, Ederson, Alisson and Marquinhos on Brazil’s injury list. Brazil play England at Wembley on Saturday, followed by a visit to the Santiago Bernabéu on 26 March to face Spain.
Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic will have to wait a little longer for his Germany debut with the teenager ruled out of their friendly internationals against France and Netherlands. The 19-year-old, who has been having a sensational season at Bayern as a defensive midfielder, was one of six newcomers
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