Erling Haaland annoyed Pep Guardiola in the Leeds United vs Manchester City match because of this. The Manchester City coach feels that the bomber should be able to score a hat trick in the 2022-2023 Premier League continued match.
Erling Haaland successfully scored a double in The Citizens’ first match – nicknamed Manchester City – in the 2022-2023 Premier League after the 2022 World Cup break. They won the match with a score of 3-1 at Elland Road, Thursday (29/12/2022).
The 22-year-old bomber’s two goals were scored in the 51st and 64th minutes while another goal was scored by Rodri in the first half injury time. Meanwhile, Leeds United could only reply to a consolation goal through Pascal Struijk (73′)
Thanks to this victory, the defending champions were able to reduce the distance from the leaders of the standings, Arsenal to five points. The competition for the championship title will be even tougher for the two teams.
Interestingly, Pep Guardiola joked that he was very upset after Erling Haaland missed the chance to score a hat-trick as Manchester City beat Leeds. Later, Guardiola couldn’t hide a smile as he sarcastically declared “very annoyed, very annoyed” about the opportunity Haaland missed while speaking on Amazon Prime Video.
However, the Norwegian bomber became the fastest player to reach 20 Premier League goals in the process in 14 matches. However, Guardiola said Haaland could have scored more than two goals.
“He (Haaland) scores a lot of goals but he can score more goals. (However) He helps us a lot,” said Guardiola, quoted from the Mirror, Thursday (29/12/2022).
Meanwhile, Guardiola assesses the performance of his team as a whole. He admitted that he was satisfied with the appearance of The Citizens Squad in that match, especially in the second half.
“We played very well against this team in this stadium. We did great in the second half, when they opened up a little bit,” said Guardiola. “After the World Cup, nobody knows how we will react and the way Leeds have been playing lately.
Today, with the ball, we were brilliant. The relationship between Rico Lewis and Rodri was brilliant in midfield.” Thanks to this victory, Manchester City keeps the distance from the leaders of the standings Arsenal, namely five points. Next, they will return to the Etihad Stadium by hosting Everton on Saturday 31 December 2022.
