Pep Guardiola said he is hopeful Erling Haaland will be fit for Manchester City’s Champions League second-leg against Real Madrid on Wednesday after admitting to being “scared” by the forward’s second-half injury against Newcastle.
Haaland, who captained City for the first time in a Premier League game against the Carabao Cup finalists, went down clutching his knee in the final stages of the 4-0 win at the Etihad.
The 25-year-old appeared to jar his right knee unchallenged before falling to the ground in clear discomfort, but after a period of treatment, Haaland was able to walk off the pitch before watching the rest of the game from the substitutes’ bench.
“When he went down, everyone was scared,” Guardiola said. “But he walked off smiling and the doctor…
