Champions League: Guardiola's tribute which compares Haaland to Cruyff and Ibrahimovic

An anthology goal.

And decisive.

While Manchester Ciy was led on its lawn by Borussia Dortmund (0-1), Wednesday during the 2nd day of the group stage of the Champions League, the English club reversed the situation at the very end of the match thanks to John Stones (80th) then a jewel of the inevitable Erling Haaland (84th).

Upon receiving a marvelous cross from the outside of Cancelo's foot, the Norwegian cut the trajectory of the ball with an acrobatic and high-altitude shot from the outside of the left to knock out his former team (2-1 ).

A zlatanesque gesture.

"Please ask me about John Stones' goal first," joked City boss Pep Guardiola as he sat behind the press conference desk.

After a sentence on the achievement of Stones, a very nice strike from the left from 22 meters, the Catalan then had to comment on the exploit of the evening.

[⚽️ GOAL VIDEO] 🏆 #MCIBVB

🤯🤯🤯🤯 WOOOOOW ERLING HAAAAALAND!!!!

😍 The Norwegian scores the goal of the year, on a completely crazy gesture à la Ibra!

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— beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) September 14, 2022

"People who know me know the influence Cruyff had on me as a mentor, and he had scored a goal against Atlético Madrid years ago that looked so much like that goal," enthused Pep.

It was a very nice goal and the assist is wonderful too.

Joao is capable of doing things like that and Haaland's finishing is outstanding.

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Haaland "has this ability to put his foot very high, he is very flexible, and he is able to put the ball deep" in this position, he explained, comparing him in this to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whom he had under him in Barcelona, ​​even if the two men are angry.

“At the end, we showed who we were, smiled Haaland at the microphone of BT Sports).

This is what we are and this is how we should play.

I'm proud of the last 25 minutes.

(

), it was a nice cross and it's a very important victory.

(

) It was nice to see everyone again.

They couldn't stop me, since I scored.

But they played well, they were good.

I was pretty sure they were going to tag me the whole game because Edin (

) knows me very well.

Dortmund were very good today, but winning the three points is what counts”.

Untenable since his arrival at City, Haaland has scored 13 goals (10 in 6 Premier League days and 3 and two matches in the Champions League).

Erling Haaland in the Champions League:

🏃‍♂️ 21 games

⚽ 26 goals

You're used to it now.

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— BeFootball (@_BeFootball) September 14, 2022

On the match itself, Guardiola also acknowledged his side's struggles which reminded him of the Champions League quarter-final first leg two years ago, which also won 2-1 with a last-minute goal from Phil Foden. .

"We had trouble creating rhythm, we were too passive in the transitions, we hadn't engaged the right speed," he summed up.

"Let's hope we learn from this (...) We can't afford to play like we did for 60 or 65 minutes," he continued.

He nevertheless admitted that his team was "in a good position, with all due respect to Copenhagen, since we took six points against the two strongest opponents".