Erling Haaland has been included in Manchester City squad to face Fulham in their match day 14 fixture in Premier League.
Pep Guardiola side will welcome Marco Silva men to the Etihad Stadium in their 4pm GMT kick off on Saturday evening.
22 years old Erling Haaland has recovered from foot injuru which caused him to miss their last week 1-0 win over Leicester City.
The Norway international was seen looking focused for the game as he shook hands of the fans while he made his way into the stadium.
While Kevin de Bruyne returns to the Manchester City starting side today after another scintillating assist in midweek against Copenhagen in Champions League.
Manchester City can move ahead of Arsenal with a victory against the Cottage because Gunners will play on Sunday against Chelsea.
Manchester City XI | Ederson, Akanji, Stones, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Alvarez, Grealish
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Dias, Haaland, Laporte, Gomez, Mahrez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis
Meanwhile Fulham will face City without their top scorer Mitrovic who is out due to injury.
Fulham boss Marco Silva has confirmed that Mitrovic's absence is due to ankle pain, but the injury isn't thought to be too serious.
The Cottagers are currently in seventh on 19 points in the Premier League table, only two behind local rivals Chelsea.
FIRST HALF
17' GOAL MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 Fulham
Julian Alvarez puts the hosts ahead and it's completely deserved.
The Argentinian takes a touch and fires it across Bern Leno's goal for his third in the league For Pep Guardiola side.
25' Penalty to Fulham and red card to Cancelo!
The Portugal international has been sent off as City are down to the men.
27' GOAL Manchester City 1-1 FULHAM
Fulham took the advantage from thr spot kick. ANDREAS PEREIRA scores with brilliant penalty.
HALF TIME: Manchester City 1 - 1 Fulham
SECOND HALF
90+3' PENALTY TO CITY
Robinson fouls De Bruyne in the box after the Belgian controls the ball in the box.
90+5' GOAL MANCHESTER CITY 2-1 Fulham
Erling Haaland scores the winner from the penalty spot. Although Leno guessed the right way But he couldn't stop the shot from squeezing underneath his arm
MATCH REPORT
Manchester City left it late to beat Fulham 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium with a last gasp Erling Haaland winner
Julian Alvarez got the hosts off the mark in no time after his good finish in the 17th minute.
Joao Cancelo was sent off soon after in the 26th minute for a foul on Harry Wilson in the penalty area
Andreas Pereira converted the spot kick to draw the visitors level in the game heading into the half time.
Erling Haaland came off the bench in the second half after missing the last two fixtures due to injury to score the winner.
The 22-year-old scored late winner from the penalty spot after Kevin de Bruyne was fouled in stoppage time.
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