Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Spanish coach, Pep Guardiola, explained the difference between his team player Erling Haaland and Argentine Lionel Messi, the French club Paris Saint-Germain.
Guardiola supervises the training of Norwegian Erling Haaland at the present time, while he previously led Lionel Messi at Barcelona between 2008 and 2012.
Pep Guardiola responded to a question by a reporter for “BEIN SPORTS” channels, on Monday, whether he felt that Haaland would score every time he played, as was the case with Messi in the “Catalan team”, as he said: “The difference is perhaps that Erling Haaland He needs all his teammates, you know what he’s doing is incredible,” he said, adding, “But Lionel Messi had the ability to do it himself.”
Haaland contributed to scoring 5 goals in the Manchester derby, which the Citizens won 3/6, scoring three hat-tricks and making two, and reached the 14th goal in the Premier League this season.
Erling Haaland, 22, achieved records, becoming the first player in the history of the Premier League to score 3 goals in 3 consecutive matches on his team’s land, and he also became the fastest player to score this number of “hat-trick” in the competition, as he needed only 8 matches.
On the other hand, Lionel Messi, 35, played 9 games with Paris Saint-Germain in the French league this season, during which he scored 5 goals and assisted 7 others.