Pep reveals reason for substituting De Bruyne and Haaland during the game against Real Madrid
- Pep Guardiola reveals Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland were unable to continue playing until they were substituted.
- Guardiola led Manchester City to Champions League glory last season as part of a historic treble.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has revealed. That Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland were the ones who ask substituted. In the game they lost on penalties to Real Madrid.
Kevin De Bruyne backed Erling Haaland to get even better.
After another stunning goalscoring display got Manchester City off to a winning start in the Champions League.
Haaland scored another โปรโมชั่น ufabet two goals as Premier League winners City powered to a 4-0 victory over Sevilla in their Group G opener at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on Tuesday.
The Norwegian’s double took his City tally to 12 goals in just eight appearances for the club and his overall record in Europe’s top club competition to 25 in 20 outings.
“Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne ask me to be substituted. They can’t keep playing. In the game they are amazing. I don’t plan on making many substitutions. But they asked me to take him off because they couldn’t continue playing,” Guardiola said.
Guardiola led Manchester City to Champions League glory last season as part of a historic treble. But had to be knocked out of the quarter-finals last Wednesday night.
However, Guardiola had to substitute Haaland for Julian Alvarez to replace him in the 91st minute, while De Bruyne was taken off just eight minutes before the penalty shootout with Mateo Cova. Zic replaces