‘My English is just not ok to explain him’

Pep Guardiola says his English is just not ok to proceed to seek out chic phrases to explain Erling Haaland.

Haaland added two extra objectives within the 3-1 win over Brighton on the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to take his tally for the season to 22 in simply 15 video games.

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The Norway worldwide has reached the age of 17 within the Premier League – the identical variety of objectives scored by Harry Kane final season.

“I am Catalan so my English is not nice sufficient,” mentioned Guardiola. “The numbers are superb and there’s no doubt about his qualities. He was very formidable and he helped us win the sport.

“The sport was the toughest we might face. It was a sort of sport we weren’t used to as a result of we did not have any males to spare.

“We have been delighted with the rating as a result of it was a tricky, difficult sport. I understand how tough it was however we made it ultimately.”

After two objectives from Haaland, Brighton equalized one due to Leandro Trossard. The guests, who had extra possession for 90 minutes than Metropolis, have been looking for an equalizer till Kevin De Bruyne scored with a shocking shot from 25 yards.

Later, Guardiola praised De Bruyne’s purpose however mentioned the Belgian midfielder was nonetheless not taking part in in addition to he might.

“He’s but to play at his highest stage,” mentioned the Metropolis boss. “He would not play at his greatest however he is aware of, I haven’t got to inform him. The dynamics will not be excellent but however he is aware of it. I spoke to him. His objectives have been excellent. glorious.”

In the meantime, Roberto De Zerbi was nonetheless awaiting his first win as Brighton supervisor and needed to make a VAR determination to award a penalty after referee Craig Pawson waved his hand in protest after the problem. by Lewis Dunk to Bernardo Silva.

“My job is to not analyze referees,” De Zerbi mentioned. “I am not completely satisfied however I do not need to discuss an excessive amount of concerning the referee, the choice or the VAR.

“I need to analyze my crew and the standard of my crew. I consider that if we proceed to play at this stage, we’ll win many video games.”