Haaland

Manchester City will move back to the top of the Premier League table if they collect all three points away at Leicester in today's early kick off.

[Guardiola has an injury concern of his own over star striker Erling Haaland ahead of Saturday’s trip to Leicester](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/erling-haaland-injury-man-city-b2212805.html) but Friday’s press conference was dominated by talk over the chances of Walker and Phillips travelling to Qatar ahead of England’s opening World Cup fixture against Iran on 21 November. [had been handed a £30,000 fine over the incident by an independent panel, ](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/jurgen-klopp-ban-red-card-liverpool-man-city-b2211950.html)but he avoided a touchline ban. [‘I had a marvellous time’: Claudio Bravo defends error-strewn Man City spell](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/claudio-bravo-manchester-city-pep-guardiola-b2210997.html) [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Pep Guardiola’s ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/pep-guardiola)men are two points behind current leaders Arsenal who take on Nottingham Forest on Sunday. Rodgers: "It's not where you want to be, but performance-wise, it's been much better, a better resilience. When we've played well against them the back five has worked well. Leicester have scored six and conceded none in their last two games and will face Man City with their confidence at a season long high. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. We felt we weren't playing too bad, playing well for 60-70 minutes then give away poor goals. “We can play with a false nine but I think it’s not going to happen. [Brendan Rodgers](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brendan-rodgers) was unable to make any meaningful transfers during the summer which was a factor in why the Foxes lost six of their first seven league games.