Guardiola speaks after Man. city vs Leipzig highlights
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As the second leg match in round of 16 between Man. City and Leipzig concluded with a big victory for man. City with 7-0 difference and presenting a crushing defeat for Leipzig at Etihad stadium. Man city clear the stage and advances for quarter finals with aggregate of 8-1.
Guardiola had a talk in news conference talking about his striker Erling Haaland scoring five goals, as he was once criticised for selecting Haaland in transfers on June 2022 and also had to end a lament trip to old Trafford more than six years ago by his idol Julia Roberts.
After the match, Pep Gaurdiola had a small talk with the media officer, He might be in playful mood from his reaction for asking to speak about Haaland’s performance.
He said in astonished tone, “Five goals” as he was curious about the player and his critcs for not scoring.
He added, The problem for this guy is if he don’t score for his club more then two to three goals, he ll be crticised for the play.
He has score for 39 goals till now in this season and can be the one who can score for his club in champions league.
Man. city vs Leipzig highlights
It was a tough start as they proceed with the first leg match conclusion, soon enough Haaland was able to convert a 22 minute penalty into a goal after Benjamin Henrichs made a foul by using hand from Jack Grealish’s corner which was spotted in VAR.
It was the starting of the match, when man. City doubled the lead within two minutes of the first goal when Kevin De Bruyne’s strike rebounded against cross bar where Haaland took a chance for goal and made a rebound which made a goal.
As He was up for an hattrick, ruben Dia hit the post from the corner which haaland took the chance and made a hattrick. It was his fifth hattrick in this season and adding to that he was able to match up the Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano’s record of five in a single champions league match.
After the second half started Ilkay Gundogan had his chance to shoot his goal for his club in 49th minute of the match. Gundogan blazed over an early chance when Leipzig goal keeper Janis Blaswich stood to block Haaland’s goal.
After the goal, henrich fell foul for the hand ball when he jumped with rodri and crushed his arm. Blaswich guessed haaland’s shoot for the goal but he failed to block it as it drilled on right bottom corner.
Then it was time for the hunting down masterclass players as he got advantage of open field around the six-yard box. Leipzig’s set-piece defending had become a complete useless by that stage.
The fourth official signalled a merciful two minutes of stoppage time for the visitors but there was still time for De Bruyne to collect a pass from substitute Riyad Mahrez and curl sumptuously home from the edge of the D.
Haalnad’s victory strike
Leipzig were spared the indignity of potentially conceding a double hat-trick when Guardiola let his star forward put his feet up, meaning he has to share his single game record with Messi and Luiz Adriano for now. He has 33 goals in the Champions League overall, a figure he has reached in 28 games. Ruud van Nistelrooy was the previous quickest to that mark in an impressive but human 38 outings.
Haaland’s debut season at City, where debates over whether he’s made the team better as a whole are still honestly worth having despite nights like this, has now brought him 39 goals.
Manchester City’s all-time highest goal scorer in their history announced that he will end his career in the club by summer. His contract runs out at the end of the season and the striker has decided not to renew it further. It was emotional for City fans as a whole to take this news. When Sergio Aguero joined Manchester in 2011, nobody assumed he would score 250 plus goals. He become one of the best in Premier League.
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