Pep Guardiola has been handed a selection dilemma ahead of Manchester City’s Champions League trip to Real Madrid.
This is so following another injury worry to Erling Haaland who came off with an apparent knee injury in City’s 4-0 thrashing of Newcastle United on Saturday.
Haaland went down grimacing and clutching his right leg in the final minutes of the match and was replaced by Matheus Nunez.
City go to the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday needing to overturn a 3-2 defeat at the Etihad Stadium in order to stay in the Champions League.
“When he was down, everyone was scared but he got up and walked smiling like always,” the manager said. “I didn’t speak to him or the doctors but the doctors didn’t come with bad news so hopefully he is fine,” Guardiola said, as he appear confident when asked about the injury.
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Egyptian forward Omar Marmoush scored a first-half hat-trick before substitute James McAtee added a late fourth.
Marmoush’s goals were his first for City in his fifth appearance and lifted spirits ahead of the daunting trip.
The Egypt international looked the antidote to City’s struggles as he made his mark in impressive fashion, with Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake all missing due to injury.
City looked more like the side that has won the past four titles than the one that has laboured through most of this campaign.
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