Pep Guardiola's unexpected betrayal to Messi, just to help Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland scored five goals that equaled Lionel Messi's mark in a Champions League match, however he could have scored more but Pep Guardiola's decision was to take him out even though there was a long time left in the game. The Spanish coach told a press conference why he changed it.

And it is that, it seems that Pep Guardiola wants me to be better than Lionel Messi because he said that he does not want to break records at 22, but that it would be boring from then on. The Spanish manager wants the Norwegian to break records and considers that he has a great future ahead of him, while Lionel Messi is already in the final stretch of his career.

“If he achieves these records at the age of 22 or 23, his life would be boring, so now he has a goal for the future, here or wherever. That is why I have made the change ”, were the words of Pep Guardiola about why he made the change to Erling Haaland, who was ready to score more goals for Leipzig.

What Erling Haaland said about him leaving Pep Guardiola

"When he took me out, I told him that I would have loved to score a double hat trick... To be honest, I don't even remember the goals. Scoring goals is my superpower. I don't even think about many goals, I just do them. In the penalty shootout, I only thought about scoring, and like this with every goal. I just have to be quick thinking", explained Erling Haaland about Pep Guardiola and the change.