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Erling Haaland has been left out of the squad for Manchester's City clash with Liverpool.

Haaland was left on the bench for the defeat to Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League play-off on Wednesday.

The Norwegian had picked up an issue in the hammering of Newcastle last week, with boss Pep Guardiola confirming he was facing a race to be fit to face Liverpool.

“Don’t know yet.

Everybody is responsible for the good things and bad things for the team but obviously with Erling we are better.”

With Haaland not fit enough to play any part against the Reds, Omar Marmoush will lead the line for Guardiola's side.

The City boss has opted to make four changes to his starting line-up.

Rico Lewis, Nathan Ake, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku all start, with Ruben Dias, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva being benched.

John Stones meanwhile joins Haaland in the stands, having suffered an injury just eight minutes into the midweek defeat to Madrid.

De Bruyne will captain the hosts at the Etihad, with City confirming Haaland's injury status.

A club statement read: "Erling Haaland is not fully fit and not part of today’s matchday squad."

Liverpool meanwhile had been sweating on the fitness of Cody Gakpo, with Conor Bradley, Joe Gomez and Tyler Morton having been definitively ruled out.
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