Pep Guardiola's incredible betrayal of Erling Haaland at Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has great admiration for Erling Haaland, this striker has shown great performance in his first season in the Premier League. The Norwegian has scored 33 goals and can break records for great players.

Guardiola cannot ensure that Erling Haaland is the best striker he has trained in his career. Pep admires Lionel Messi the most and the coach has always said that the Argentine is a legend.

Pep has worked with great forwards like Erling Haaland, Robert Lewandowski, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Villa, but Guardiola sees Lionel Messi as an impressive player and the greatest of all time.

"Is (Erling) Haaland the most complete striker you've managed?" Pep was asked at a press conference and he simply answered "Messi".

Pep Guardiola prefers Lionel Messi than Erling Haaland

Pep in an interview for Football Daily gave a better explanation of why he prefers Lionel Messi over Erling Haaland: “Erling needs the team to score goals. It is not like Messi who can grab the ball to dribble past 3 or 4 players, as he did especially in his early days, and decide a game on his own account, ”Guardiola said.