He missed Manchester City’s 3-1 defeat at Real Madrid on Wednesday, as Pep Guardiola's side missed their star striker badly. Haaland, 24, suffered a knee injury towards the end of City's 4-0 win against Newcastle last weekend.

The striker was on the bench against Real Madrid but did not come on, with Pep Guardiola admitted afterwards that it was “impossible” for him to play. Haaland was missing entirely from the matchday squad on Sunday as City lost 2-0 at home to Liverpool.

The striker's absence snuffed out City's hopes in Madrid before a ball had been kicked — and that's a bad sign