Norway boss explains truth behind Erling Haaland injury scare ahead of Liverpool clash

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Erling Haaland triggered alarm bells for both Norway and Manchester City after demanding a mid-match exit during Sunday’s 2-1 Nations League defeat against Portugal in Porto. "It’s important that they feel I’m listening to them, and we agreed that he would keep going until he felt he couldn’t contribute anymore.

He terrorised their centre-backs, which allowed us to sustain longer spells of possession in the first half because both centre-backs were occupied."Expanding on the conversation in a separate interview with Norwegian outlet Dagbladet, Solbakken admitted that fatigue from an truncated summer break following an intense World Cup campaign had severely drained the forward's energy reserves across the international window."Today he played 60 good minutes. He played twice 90 minutes against Denmark and Portugal [first match]," Solbakken said.

He could have played the last 45 minutes against Portugal. It's an extreme strain."Inside the Norwegian camp, teammates expressed total sympathy with Haaland’s physical workload, backing his decision to protect his body amid an unrelenting fixture schedule for both club and country.Manchester City’s medical staff will now conduct a thorough assessment of Haaland’s physical condition at the City Football Academy ahead of Sunday’s clash on Merseyside.