Erling Haaland was an unused substitute in Norway's friendly win over Jordan, while Nathan Ake was replaced for the Netherlands in their win over Greece.
Erling Haaland was simply rested for Norway in Thursday's win over Jordan ahead of a more important game next week, but Manchester City may be concerned over the nature of Nathan Ake's half-time substitution during the Netherlands' win against Greece.
Norway are third behind Scotland and Georgia in Group A, ahead of Spain by a point but have played two more games than the Spaniards. Qualification for the top two spots may be difficult, so a home victory over second-placed Georgia is essential on Tuesday. "They [City] started the pre-season 14 days later than everyone else because of the Champions League. There is a small backlog, which is getting smaller and smaller every day. Then we think it makes the most sense for him to build up and train with Bjørn Vidar Stenersen [physio/coach] so that he is 100 per cent by Tuesday."
Meanwhile, Nathan Ake started in a useful qualifying win for the Netherlands as Ronald Koeman changed formation against Greece and got their campaign back on track.
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