They criticized him for not scoring, what Guardiola says to defend Erling Haaland

Manchester City faces RB Leipzig in a match corresponding to the UEFA Champions League. The citizen team is among the best at the moment and is a strong candidate to defend its title this season. The English club has been one of the best clubs in recent years, but only last season did it manage to emerge as European champion and a large part of that was the performances of Erling Haaland.

However, the Norwegian striker's last 3 games have not been the best and the player's lack of goals is beginning to cause concern. However, despite the concern, his numbers are among the best in the world at the start of the campaign. Now, prior to the UEFA Champions League match, the Manchester City coach came out in defense of the player and believes that there is nothing to worry about because the player's quality is intact.

“He had many opportunities to score, the reality is that it is difficult when the rivals mark you and play with three or four defenders. There are too many players defending the large area. It's not always easy, but not only for him, for any forward. Now, this is another competition and he is good at it,” Pep Guardiola confessed at a press conference prior to the UEFA Champions League match between RB Leipzig and Manchester City.

Manchester City's most important loss

After being eliminated from the English League Cup against Newcastle and after losing against Wolverhampton on Matchday 7 of the Premier League, Guardiola's team will face Leipzig as the definitive test to get out of this bad streak that has plagued them since that Rodri Hernández was sent off from Nottingham Forest. The loss of the 27-year-old Spanish midfielder made a dent in the results at the domestic level but he will return to the starting eleven for this commitment at the international level.