Erling Haaland smashing Man City best is not all good news for Pep Guardiola

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In another season, the Manchester City medical team would be giving themselves a pat on the back. Erling Haaland, who arrived with fitness issues from Dortmund and whose size makes it an improbability that he will stay fit, has been more machine than ever this season.

The goals may have dried up but Haaland is the one player more than any other that Pep Guardiola has been able to rely on to have on the pitch.

Nobody in the squad has managed more than the 2,222 minutes the No.9 has clocked up already this season, with Josko Gvardiol the only other player to have broken through the 2,000 mark.

Haaland has already played what it took him until February to achieve in his first two seasons at the Etihad. READ MORE: Man City players know the difficult truth about Pep Guardiola struggle READ MORE: Motivation to McAtee - the Man City questions Guardiola must answer It isn't just at City where Haaland's numbers are impressive; looking at Transfermarkt figures that include international football, the only Premier League stars to have featured more for club and country are Andre Onana and William Saliba.