I'm not a doctor - Pep on Haaland being doubtful for Chelsea semi-final - video Dailymotion

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola updated on the fitness of Erling Haaland ahead of their FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea Manchester, UK

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00:00 Kevin Finswell, Erling, who is he?

00:05 Hi Pep, following up on Erling, you said you will see, how is his condition?

00:13 We will see.

00:15 Was there any problems before he asked to come off?

00:21 Yeah, absolutely.

00:23 It was a tough game, 120 minutes, a lot of action, high intensity for both sides.

00:29 Erling felt something, a muscular issue, that's why he asked me if I could not continue.

00:36 And Kevin, the last minutes as well, he felt exhausted, so tired.

00:41 And after what happened, five months injured, so that is normal.

00:46 But we'll see tomorrow.

00:49 And last question, can you say a little bit more about the muscular issue that Erling experienced?

00:54 For Erling?

00:55 Yes.

00:56 I don't know, I'm not a doctor.

00:58 What does the doctor say then?

01:00 He said, yeah, it's a little bit of a niggle, a little bit of a problem,

01:05 we'll see how he evolves in the next hours.

01:09 Just following up on that, I suppose, with Manchester City playing so many big games,

01:16 not just this season, but over the last few years,

01:19 is it a concern when two most influential players can't finish the 120 minutes in a big, big game?

01:26 And when players like Roderick Martin say they're tired?

01:29 It's normal.

01:32 The amount of games we have played this season and the previous seasons,

01:36 not much recovery, and extra time, and high intensity the way we played,

01:44 we put a lot of pressure in our game, and that's why the fatigue is there.

01:48 They are human beings.

01:50 They are not machines, they are human beings, and sometimes the fatigue is there.