Pep Guardiola's unbelievable request to Erling Haaland
Pep Guardiola asked something a bit peculiar to his star striker.
The day of one of the biggest and most important matches in the entire Premier League arrived, the Manchester derby. The match in which it is decided what color the city of Manchester will be painted, whether blue or red, in gameweek number 9 of the best league in the world.
Prior to the match, the coach of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, confessed to the English press that he asked Eling Haaland for a peculiar favor. Even knowing the goalscoring skills of the Norwegian striker, he did not fail to surprise everyone with the request.
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Erling Haaland arrived as a star signing for the English champion. After standing out at Borussia Dortmund and reaffirming himself as one of the best strikers in the world, there was a lot of expectation regarding his performance at Manchester City.
The Norwegian has not disappointed and has even played better than many expected, because he did not take any time to adapt to the new league. Haaland has 10 games with the club, in which he has 14 goals and one assist.
What did Guardiola told Haaland?
The former coach of Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona did not go with hints and sent a very clear and direct message to his coach: 'I said to Erling Haaland to score five goals, please!', Guardiola confessed in the match preview.
