Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to hail Erling Haaland’s winner against former club Borussia Dortmund. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, the goal is clearly a cross between Johan Cruyff and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and it, fortunately, saved his team’s average performance on the night.
Pep added that Haaland is elastic and very flexible, so such goals can be expected from him.
His words, “Maybe the people who know me know the influence Johan Cruyff had on my life as a person, a mentor and years ago he scored an incredible goal in Camp Nou for Barcelona against Atletico Madrid,”
“The moment Erling scored I thought it was quite, quite similar. I remember my dear friend Ibrahimovic, who has this ability to put the leg on the roof, and Erling is quite similar in that.”
“I think it is his nature, he is elastic, he is flexible and after has the ability to make contact and put the ball in the net. I think his mum and dad give him that flexibility.”
On his team, “We were not in the right tempo,”
“The goal from John Stones. In the first half John Stones does not shoot, but in that moment we were in the right rhythm.”
“John was in the right rhythm and makes an exceptional goal. We cannot make the 60 or 65 minutes we play, we are a different team. It is not about winning or losing, every day you have to perform well. It is a good lesson.”
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