Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, has explained why he substituted Erling Haaland and Joao Cancelo during the first half of their 0-0 draw with Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
According to Guardiola, both players had taken ill during the week.
Riyad Mahrez missed yet another penalty attempt, but City still won Group G.
Cancelo was repeatedly caught off guard by the impressive Karim Adeyemi, while Haaland was kept quiet by former teammate Mats Hummels.
But Guardiola told BT Sport: “Erling had a little bit of fever before the game.
“Joao as well. He had a knock in his feet. He was looking tired, Joao, as well. So that’s why we changed it.”
When asked later about Haaland’s injury, the Spaniard added: “I spoke with (the medical staff) at half-time and they were a little bit concerned, but I saw him walking more or less normally. We will see.”
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