MANCHESTER, England — Prolific striker Erling Haaland is accessible to play Saturday when Manchester City visits last-place Southampton, supervisor Pep Guardiola stated Friday.

The Norway worldwide returned to coaching this week after a groin harm pressured him to overlook City’s 4-1 victory over Liverpool final weekend.

Guardiola confirmed Haaland will likely be within the squad for the Premier League recreation forward of a go to from Bayern Munich for a Champions League first-leg quarterfinal match on Tuesday.

“[He] trained in the last two days, really good. [He] will be ready,” Guardiola stated at a information convention.

The Spanish supervisor stated the Champions League recreation has no bearing on how a lot Haaland will doubtlessly play towards Southampton.

“Bayern Munich is the last thought. It’s Southampton. Premier League is every day, every week,” Guardiola stated.

Haaland, who has scored 42 targets in all competitions this season, needed to withdraw from his nation’s European Championship qualifiers towards Spain and Georgia two weeks in the past due to the harm.

Haaland leads the Premier League scoring charts with 28 targets and has hit 9 in his final three video games in all competitions.

City trails first-place Arsenal by eight factors.

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