It's not Haaland, the real brain and engine that Manchester City has and nobody notices

It is known that the great figure that Manchester City has in its team is none other than Erling Haaland. The young Norwegian has been dominating world football for a long time and has shown that he has enough quality to win several Ballon d'Ors if he remains at this level. Not for nothing is it one of the best payments in the world and one of the most expensive according to its market value. However, this Tuesday the hero of the citizen team was another and for now they remain unnoticed in the English team.

Without a doubt, Norwegian has everything a striker needs to score goals and shine in a team with such a good game as the one led by Pep Guardiola. For this reason, he is an undisputed starter in that club and there is no doubt that he will fight for the throne of world sport when Leo Messi hangs up his boots. In that context This Tuesday he scored one of the goals in the victory against Leipzig in England on matchday 5 of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, but the truth is that it was not the figure.

The player who broke all the patterns at Manchester City and who it seems that many people inside the club do not notice is none other than the Argentine Julián Álvarez. The world champion striker once again made it clear that he must be a starter since in a few minutes that the coach gave him, he managed to give an assist and score the final 3-2 to turn around a tough match at the Etihad Stadium. The Spider keeps biting.

The statistics of this Manchester City player in the Champions League

Beyond the fact that in all competitions Julián Álvarez is a true football genius and he demonstrated it in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with the Argentine National Team, the concrete thing is that in this UEFA Champions League he is being the great figure of the team despite not be a starter. The thing is that in just four games he has already scored the same number of goals and contributed one assist. Without a doubt, your collaboration in the citizen team is being truly important.