Despite Haaland's new record, what Guardiola said about Julian Alvarez that surprises

Manchester City suffered and struggled to beat RB Leipzig in a match in which many expected a less costly result for the English team. Erling Haaland scored 1-2 which gave the team hope of a comeback. This goal marked the Norwegian's 40th goal in the UEFA Champions League, with him being the youngest player to have achieved it. In the end, the team won 3-2 thanks to a goal from Julian Alvarez, and this is what Guardiola said about the Argentine.

The second 45 minutes began with a similar inertia to the first period. Manchester City maintained a higher percentage of possession, but circulated it at a very slow speed. Which did not pose any threat to the visiting defense. While the Central European team, for its part, took shelter around its area in the first minutes. Minimizing risks after a recovery. However, Pep Guardiola decided to shake the tree. He brought on Doku and Julián Álvarez. Immediately afterwards, Haaland closed the gap for the Cityzens, after beating Blaswich with a pass from Foden.

Julián Álvarez scored the winning goal for the skyblues, after completing a good team play in which he was assisted by Phil Foden. With this result, Manchester City secures first place in the group, with 15 points. On the last day they will visit Red Star. While Leipzig remains in second place, with nine points and nothing at stake, before hosting Young Boys in the last game.

Guardiola's words about Julian Alvarez

“If you talk about the qualification, it is a great night - 15/15. If you talk about the game, we could do better. Sloppy goals, and you have to win duels. Julian did well and came back for us. Today, we were lucky. It was quite similar against Chelsea. We've had two warnings. The way we've conceded did not happen last season. It didn't happen.”, was what Pep Guardiola said after Manchester City's victory in the Champions League.