Pep Guardiola explains early Erling Haaland substitution amid injury fears

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Pep Guardiola revealed Erling Haaland was taken off as a precaution in Manchester City’s 3-0 win over Fulham having complained of discomfort after scoring a goal that moved him level with Colin Bell in the club’s scoring charts.Haaland got the third of the night, his 153rd goal for the club to move joint fourth all-time for City, following goals from Antoine Semenyo and Nico O’Reilly.But Haaland was then replaced at half-time by Omar Marmoush with City cruising towards a win that moved them to within three points of Premier League leaders Arsenal.

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00:00Erling, do you think, I know you've got obviously Salford this weekend, do you think Newcastle...

00:04I didn't speak with the doctors, I don't know exactly what he has.

00:08It's just disturbing fatigue or something, I don't know.

00:11So taking him off was more of a precaution than anything?

00:14He said, I don't feel comfortable with 3-0, with a lot of games I've had, having Omar, so common

00:21sense.

00:23For now, Erling came off at halftime.

00:25Niggles, some problems, he feels comfortable with 3-0 of course.

00:29The reason why many games.

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