Pep Guardiola has fallen ill because of the suggestion of Jamie Carragher that erling Haaland injury to prevent you from being confronted with Real -Madrid Knuzer Antonio Rudiger.
The Talismian striker of Manchester City is a doubt for the collision with Liverpool in the Etihad after missing the defeat of the Champions League on the Bernabeu on Wednesday evening with a knee problem that had been contracted against Newcastle last weekend.
Carragher, the former header who is now a TV expert, claimed controversial that Haaland was afraid of Rudiger in his role as an expert in the field of CBS Sports.
That has drawn an angry reaction from Guardiola in which the Catalan struggled to control his shock. Guardiola said: “Oh, God. Did he say that? Jamie Carragher said that? Oh God.
'Don't laugh. I don't know why he makes it so suspicious. Did he say that Haaland didn't want to play the game?
“It's not fun – and it's not true. He (Haaland) was crazy to play the game. He had a problem with his knee and he couldn't play. '
Carragher claimed that Haaland had developed an aversion from Rudiger after a series of physical fights with the Hardman German when the city traveled to Spain for a bag of second legs that saw them 3-1 beat them to leave the competition with 6-3.
Carragher said: “So let me work this out. Haaland went to the manager this morning and said he is not fit? Do you think that has something to do with Rudiger? Is that because Rudiger plays?
“He's on the couch, so he can't be injured. Is it Rudiger-Itit? Is that what we say here? “
Guardiola kept his cards close to his chest with regard to the availability of Haaland for this weekend, which revealed that a decision would be as late as possible.
Asked on Friday, he said: “Don't know it yet. Tomorrow we'll know, but I don't know. It's better to have Erling on the field, but of course we don't have it, but of course we are stronger with Erling . “
John Stones could be confronted with a more long enchantment on the sidelines, with Guardiola admitted that the defender could require surgery. “He is injured, a difficult one,” Guardiola said about stones. “The next hours we will know if he needs surgery or not.”
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