Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola would be “mad” to play Erling Haaland in Wednesday’s EFL Cup fourth-round tie away against Swansea City , Citizens expert Steven McInerney from Esteemed Kompany has told Sports Mole .

Widely regarded as one of the world’s best strikers, Haaland has been in prolific form for Man City so far this season, scoring 15 goals in just 12 appearances across all competitions.

The Norwegian’s impressive 12-game scoring run for club and country did come to an end last weekend, though, as he drew a blank in City’s at Aston Villa.

Haaland will be keen to begin another scoring streak and will hope to fire Man City back to winning ways in the top flight next Sunday when they welcome a high-flying Bournemouth outfit to the Etihad Stadium

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