Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland remains a doubt for today's Premier League clash against Liverpool after sitting out his side's Champions League exit to Real Madrid.The Norwegian was named on the bench at Santiago Bernabeu but did not make an appearance as City were outclassed in a 3-1 defeat Wednesday to crash out 6-3 on aggregate.

"Tomorrow (Saturday) we will know," said Guardiola at his pre-match press conference Friday. The January signing of Omar Marmoush at least means Guardiola does have a back-up option should Haaland fail to recover in time to face the league leaders, but Guardiola could not hide the importance of his 27-goal star striker.

"It's better to have Erling on the pitch than no...