Guardiola's betrayal of Haaland so that Lionel Messi arrives at Manchester City

Erling Haaland is a trend in all the newspapers in the world, as he scored five goals against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League, equaling a record set by Lionel Messi but not surpassing it, thanks to Pep Guardiola, who benched him at minute 60.

Erling Haaland has entered a short and exclusive list of players who have been capable of scoring five goals in a UEFA Champions League match: Lionel Messi and the Brazilian Luiz Adriano also achieved the mark.

Now, Haaland needed only 57 minutes to match what was done by the 'Flea' and the Brazilian, however, to everyone's surprise, the European striker was substituted after his last score. Julián Álvarez entered in his place. Immediately, on Twitter there were countless users who indicated the supposed reason why Guardiola replaced the Norwegian. The fans pointed out that the Spaniard "wanted" to prevent his current team from surpassing the captain of the Argentine team.

Guardiola's admiration for Lionel Messi:

On more than one occasion, Pep Guardiola has pointed out the admiration he feels for Lionel Messi, with whom he coincided in the golden age of FC Barcelona and where together they won two Champions Leagues. Now, they allege that the affection of the Spaniard made him make the decision to replace Erling Haaland, who after the game said: "When Guardiola changes me, I told him that I would have loved to score a double hat trick."