Pep Guardiola has a decision to make on Erling Haaland for Manchester CIty's trip to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Haaland has scored back-to-back hat-tricks in the Premier League to take his tally to a record-breaking nine goals in five league outings, and he was brilliant again vs Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. After the Villa trip, City face a difficult trio of Sevilla away in the Champions League, Tottenham at home in the Premier League, and then Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad.
It may be that Guardiola opts to rest Haaland at some point, then, with the Villa trip a possible option. Guardiola will also be hoping for good news on injured trio Jack Grealish, Kalvin Phillips and Nathan Ake, who may be nearing returns, although he suggested the trip to the Midlands could come too early for Phillips at least.
