After Haaland's goal, Pep Guardiola's message to the Norwegian's critics

Manchester City achieved an important record after beating Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League. With this result, the citizen team continues with a perfect pace after adding 9 points in the first 3 dates. However, in this match, beyond the great victory of the citizen team, one of the most important issues of the moment was Erling Haaland's goal. The Norwegian scored twice and broke a drought he had since last season's quarterfinals.

The first half ended without goals and with a great performance by the rival goalkeeper. Manchester City did not want problems in the second half and went for the goal from the beginning. And it came in the 48th minute: Rúben Dias headed a corner and, after a save by the local goalkeeper, the ball hit the crossbar and fell to Akanji, who made no mistake and put the first on the scoreboard. The Swiss center back had a chance just before in which he shot the post, and the second time was the charm. However, the Swiss team managed to tie everything.

These three points put Manchester City's qualification for the round of 16 in very good light. The English dominate the group with nine points out of a possible nine and it would be a miracle if Guardiola's men are not in the draw for the next round. The rotations worked for the Spanish coach, since there were seven changes between last Saturday's lineup. With this double score, Haaland is already beginning to fuel his machinery to continue in a great way this season.

What did Pep Guardiola say about Erling Haaland?

The citizen coach came out at a press conference to defend the performances of Erling Haaland and took the opportunity to send a message to all the critics of the Norwegian footballer during the past few days. "What is important is creating chances and maybe at the right moment of the season he will be there even better than now. He has already scored a lot of goals in the Premier League, more than people who are getting a lot of compliments.. ", assured the Spanish coach about his star striker, and the team's top scorer.