Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola nearly had a perfect Saturday between Champions League playoff legs, but the adverb is a big one.

That’s because superstar striker Erling Haaland pulled up late, grabbing his knee before eventually walking off the pitch in what finished a 4-0 win over Newcastle United at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Haaland had no visible limp in leaving the pitch and did join teammates on the bench for stoppage time, but the non-contact nature of the injury will have fans holding their breath.

The rest of the game was a giant exhalation after City blew a lead to Real Madrid at midweek and will enter Wednesday’s second leg down 3-2 at the Bernabeu.

Omar Marmoush scored his first three Premier League goals while fellow January buys Nico Gonzalez and Abdukhodir Khusanov also had good matches as Vitor Reis got a late run in the easy win.

We’ll have all of Guardiola’s words as soon as he says them, here.