Manchester City

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Spanish coach, Pep Guardiola, revealed that the Algerian Riyad Mahrez is suffering from a physical aspect, which caused him to be absent from the starting lineup, stressing that he must improve and return to his best condition.

Riyad Mahrez, 31, suffers from leaving the starting lineup for Manchester City, as he repeatedly sat on the bench on more than one occasion.

Mahrez played 7 matches with the “Citizens”, most of them as a substitute, in the English Premier League, during the current season, during which he did not succeed in scoring or industry.

Guardiola spoke regarding Mahrez, in the press conference for the match between Manchester City and Copenhagen in the Champions League, saying: “He knows what he must do, I know Riyad perfectly, the team needs him, he must return to his best,” adding: “When he is the best.” His character, ability, quality and love for this game, step by step he will come back.”

“Now he is not playing much, he should be back in a better physical condition, I can’t teach him anything, because he is a very good player,” Guardiola added.

Manchester City will host its Danish counterpart Copenhagen, on Wednesday evening, in the third round of the “Champions League”, the Spanish coach said regarding this confrontation: “We know the importance of the matches in our stadium, and tomorrow there will be no excuses, when I face a team from Northern Europe, it is always good.” “.

“We have to be careful, if we can win three games we will be very close to the next stage,” Guardiola concluded.

[골닷컴] Reporter Dong-Ho Kim = Manchester City have a strong squad. With the addition of Elling Haaland, it reached a point that might not be stopped.

Haaland started the ninth round match of the 2022-23 season between Manchester City and Manchester United on the 2nd (Korean time). In that match, Haaland led the team to a 6-3 win with 3 goals and 2 assists.

Haaland became the first player in Premier League history to achieve a hat-trick in three consecutive home games. Also, at the age of 22 years 73 days, he was named the second youngest player to score in the Manchester derby.

Haaland is currently scoring 14 goals in nine Premier League matches. It is a figure that is unparalleled ahead. He is far ahead of his competitors in the scoring rankings. It is safe to say that Haaland has already won the top scorer. The current top scorer is Harry Kane with seven goals.

Michael Owen commented on Haaland’s performance. Owen has a splendid history of winning the Ballon d’Or as a legendary striker who played for Liverpool and Manchester United in the past.

“It’s not fair for Haaland to play for Manchester City,” he said. Manchester City already have a splendid power, but the addition of Haaland means ‘out of balance’.

In fact, Manchester City boasts solid power across all positions. But his only blemish was the striker. After Aguero retired last season, Jejus and Sterling took on the front-line attacks, but they fell 2%. However, following Haaland’s addition, the problem has been completely resolved.

In fact, he ate the Premier League assist title, and Bruyne scored a goal for Haaland twice in this match. When De Bruyne and Haaland showed great chemistry, the opposing defense reached a point where they mightn’t stop it. However, Manchester City are currently second in the Premier League standings and are one point behind first-placed Arsenal.