Julián Álvarez has not scored in seven matches for the English championship and this Sunday he could reach the eighth match without celebrating. Julián Álvarez is part of Pep Guardiola's starting 11 against Crystal Palace as a center forward due to Erling Haaland's injury, but he finished another half without scoring a goal and is 45 minutes away from extending his bad streak.
Now, apart from this, it is a fact that Julián will start in the Club World Cup, since the Norwegian striker is in doubt due to the stress he suffered in his foot, while Kevin De Bruyne will only return in 2024. This means that the Spider will have minutes, either as a midfielder or as a '9'.
It is worth mentioning that Julián's scoring drought is only counting in the Premier League, since he scored against RB Leipzig in the Champions League on November 28. On the contrary, his last Premiership goal was against Brighton on October 21. However, Pep Guardiola is not worried.
Pep spoke to the press before the match against Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium and expressed about the lack of goals from the Spider: "His level this season has been incredible in every aspect. He has improved a lot in small spaces. Many things that are not in the statistics, it has been incredible. In this way, the Catalan coach made it clear that the absence of so many is not a problem for him as long as he continues to be useful for the team.
