Summary: Manchester City - Brentford 0:1/Sport1
Erling Holland has set very high standards for himself in his short career, so a relative "dry spell" for the fiery striker has drawn quite a bit of criticism, especially after he made some big misses in Manchester City's game against Chelsea.
Yesterday (Tuesday) Holland answered everyone with a 0:1 winning goal against City against Brentford, which helped them narrow the gap from the top to just one point.
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola also complimented his striker at the end, but also the opponent: "They have such a difficult team. This season we lost six points against Brentford. We had many chances considering how difficult it is to play against them, and we won."
On Holland: "He was injured for a long time. He is always a threat in these situations. We need this type of player.
Scorer.
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"If anyone doubts Erling, they are making a mistake, because then he will come and do his job. He is an amazing player.
"When I was young, I was never a journalist.
Top strikers score a lot of goals.
Don't criticize, he will shut you up.
Sooner or later.
"He was out for two months, he lost his grandmother, it's not easy for a person. We talked about the misses against Chelsea, and I realized it later, he didn't say anything about the death of his grandmother. In this kind of game like Brentford, you have to Erling. Today we couldn't use Kevin de Bruyne because he had a twinge in his hamstring and I didn't want to take the risk."
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On the fight for the championship: "It's a long way. There are still many games left. Of course, it's better to win. We missed the chance against Chelsea. But I'm so proud of the team. We're in the real part of the season. It's hard, there are hard games in this period. And we There. And I'm pretty sure Arsenal and Liverpool will be there in the end."
Brentford coach Thomas Frank, "Very proud. We didn't give them much until the goal - which was due to a slip by one of our players. They are good enough - they don't need that luck to score. In the second half we were in complete control defensively. We were close to getting something. But Our skating gave the greatest opportunity to the best striker in the world."
One of the spicy events in the game was the meeting between Kyle Walker and Neil Moffey, after the tensions between them from the previous game between the teams two weeks ago (1:3).
Moffey is known as a player who likes to tease opponents and take them out of gear during games, and Kyle Walker said Moffey teased him about his family crisis and made a comment about his children - who were born to another mother while he was married.
"He talked about my kids, referee," Walker told the fourth official in the previous game, "he talked about my kids not once, but twice, I'll take him down."
Yesterday Moffey entered as a substitute in the 68th minute and received boos from the City fans, and in the 82nd minute Walker came in aggressively and received a yellow card.
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