Pep Guardiola offers fresh Erling Haaland update after Man City star missed Liverpool game

Pep Guardiola says it's still too soon to say whether or not Erling Haaland will be fit enough to feature against Tottenham on Wednesday.

The Norway striker, 24, was an unused substitute last week when Manchester City were dumped out of the Champions League by Real Madrid and did not feature in Sunday's 2-0 loss at home to Liverpool.

City have the chance to bounce back quickly when they travel to Spurs in midweek. But Haaland's status for the game is still up in the air as he struggles with a knee issue.

When Guardiola was asked about Haaland's fitness on Tuesday, he replied: "Tonight we will know after training. I hope (he will be fit) but I don't know yet.

"He feels better but the last two games he could not play. We'll see tomorrow."

Haaland trained before both games and again on Monday, while he also took a place on the bench for City's trip to the Bernabeu in the Champions League.

City are set to be boosted by the return of key defender, Ruben Dias, after he was only deemed fit enough for a place on the bench against Liverpool. John Stones and Manuel Akanji will not be available, though.

It's been a difficult campaign for City, who have seen their hopes of claiming a fifth successive Premier League crown go up in smoke.

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City are instead battling for a top-four place after suffering from a host of injury setbacks this term. That sparked the club into action in the January transfer window, where they signed Abdukodir Khusanov, Omar Marmoush, Nico Gonzalez and Vitor Reis.

And Guardiola took the time to praise the contributions of City's four new signings ahead of the game, saying: "Really good, for the time of training they've had. [Abdukodir] Khusanov - tough and difficult schedules coming from where he came from, lack of communication in terms of not speaking fluent English. His impact has been really good. Omar [Marmoush] as well.

"Nico [Gonzalez] played less, but they've been really good. We're satisfied with the impact. And of course Vitor [Reis], when he has minutes will be in a good level."

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