Fans sent into panic as Erling Haaland is omitted from Man City's squad to face Leicester

• Manchester City face a trip to the King Power to face Leicester City
• The Citizens could temporarily move to the top of the table with a win
• But they will have to do it without their talisman Erling Haaland, who was omitted from the matchday squad
• Guardiola had revealed days earlier that the Norwegian had suffered a knock

Erling Haaland has been left out of Manchester City’s squad to face Leicester City on Saturday, October 29.

The Norwegian did not travel to the King Power stadium with the squad after picking up an injury midweek.

Haaland, 22, has featured in every Premier League game this season for Manchester City and has proven to be worth every penny of his transfer fees, scoring 17 goals in 11 appearances for Guardiola’s side.

On Friday, Guardiola admitted Haaland was a fitness doubt for his side ahead of the trip to Leicester after he was substituted at half time during City’s Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund.

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“He feels better, but we train this afternoon, and we will assess in these few hours,” Guardiola said as quoted on Express.

“We will see how he feels. After we will decide - I will know it in two hours if he can play.

Barely 24 hours later and Haaland indeed failed to pass the late fitness test, leading to his omission from the squad.

Here is City’s starting XI to face Leicester:

Ederson, Stones, Akanji, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Alvarez, Grealish

Another interesting dynamic to Manchester City’s match day squad is the fact that Phil Foden has also been relegated to the bench for the game.

City needs all three points against the Foxes to ensure they move to top spot, at least temporarily.

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For Leicester, a win would pull them further from the drop zone as they currently sit in 17th place with 11 points.