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Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrates scoring against Burnley in the FA Cup quarter-final with team-mate Phil Foden
Erling Haaland scored his sixth hat-trick of the season in Manchester City’s last game against Burnley

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he may have to gamble on striker Erling Haaland’s fitness for Saturday’s Premier League game against Liverpool.

City will definitely be without Phil Foden, who faces up to three weeks out after appendix surgery on Sunday.

“Life is risks and sometimes you have to take it,” said Guardiola.

“The doctors and, especially, the player will see how he feels.

“We have scored a lot of goals this season and he has scored an incredible amount of goals. But we’ve always scored a lot of goals since we’ve been here.”

Haaland, who joined City from Borussia Dortmund in June for £51m, has scored 42 goals in 37 games this season, including 28 in 26 Premier League games.

City are eight points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal with a game in hand.

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