Erling Haaland, at half time of Manchester City's 3-1 victory over Aston Villa, Eraling Haaland was brought out is a question mark for Wednesday's top-of-the-table match against Arsenal, according to manager Pep Guardiola.
To go within three points of Arsenal at the top of the standings, City brushed aside the uncertainty resulting from several Premier League charges.
However, the Premier League's top scorer paid the price for the win when he collided with Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and appeared to hurt his thigh.
Guardiola stated that Haaland "had a knock; he was uncomfortable." "We don't want to take chances at 3-0.
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"In the coming days, we'll observe and evaluate. We play a different one if he is not prepared. We'll see if he's prepared, but hopefully."
After the Premier League lodged more than 100 complaints, the English champions are under investigation. Protests against the team for allegedly breaking financial regulations as long back as 2009.
If guilty, City might lose a lot of ground in the standings or go to relegation.
But Guardiola came out fighting to defend the club's hierarchy, attributing the claims to jealous rivals, and his squad followed suit by throwing on a defiant performance on the field.
Before halftime at the Etihad, Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan, and Riyad Mahrez all scored to put Arsenal in jeopardy.
The Gunners still have a game remaining, but should City win at the Emirates in midweek, they will pass them for first place.
Arsenal and Brentford drew 1-1 at home on Saturday, creating a window for City to take advantage. Unlike the previous weekend, when the defending champions wasted their opportunity by losing away to Tottenham, they didn't fumble this time.
A Spurs lineup effort also gave Guardiola some helpful information.
When Kevin De Bruyne, Aymeric Laporte, Ruben Dias, and Gundogan were in the starting lineup, City began to resemble their previous selves much more.
Before the game began, the Premier League anthem got a blow from the City fans.
After only four minutes, they had reason to celebrate when Rodri rose to the top portion and slammed into a square from Mahrez.
Ollie Watkins, the goal scorer for Villa, remarked, "It wasn't good enough coming from the whole team.
"Let me be clear: They are elite athletes, but we were too soft, mainly me, when Rodri went past me to score that goal. I let us down today because I failed to make the second block. City appeared to be more like them than before when they were in the starting lineup.
The City club had received a lot of criticism after their humiliating loss to Spurs the previous weekend, and the Norwegian was now a far more persistent threat lurking behind the Villa defence.
Haaland set up the second goal by using his speed to beat Martinez to De Bruyne's pass over the top before laying the ball off to Gundogan at the far post for a simple finish.
Then, as Haaland surprisingly moved to the side, Jack Grealish forced Jacob Ramsey into a clumsy challenge to earn a penalty, which Mahrez converted.
Given Haaland's departure at halftime, that decision might have been acceptable.
They looked considerably more like who they once were.
Guardiola will also be concerned about City's defensive performance after another clean sheet was spoiled on the hour mark when Douglas Luiz stole the ball from Bernardo Silva and set Watkins free to score into the far corner.
In added time, Villa's substitute Jhon Duran struck the crossbar, but Unai Emery's team's comeback in the second half was too late.
They looked considerably more like who they once were.
