Pep Guardiola JOKES he is angry with Erling Haaland after he only scored once in 4-0 Southampton win
‘I am so upset with him’: Pep Guardiola JOKES he is angry with star striker Erling Haaland after the forward scored JUST once in Manchester City’s 4-0 demolition of Southampton, taking his season total to 20 goals
- Manchester City beat Southampton 4-0 on to go top of the Premier League
- Erling Haaland scored his 20th goal of the season since his move to the club
- However, Pep Guardiola joked he was angry with Haaland for scoring just one
Pep Guardiola and Erling Haaland joked after the Manchester City striker scored only once in City’s 4-0 thrashing of Southampton on Saturday.
Haaland has had a remarkable start to his career at the Etihad, scoring 20 times in just 12 games.
He has 15 in nine Premier League matches and five in three Champions League games, while he had also scored three consecutive home top flight hat-tricks before Saturday’s game.
Erling Haaland scored his 20th goal of the season in Man City’s 4-0 win over Southampton
Following his stunning start, a petition calling for Haaland to be kicked out of football was launched.
The caption at the top of the change.org page reads: ‘Petition to get Erling Haaland banned from Association Football because it’s just not fair.’
Supporters who want to sign the petition can do so on change.org, and already over 300 fans have done just that.
City boss Pep Guardiola joked he was ‘upset’ with Haaland for scoring only once in the game
A petition has been set up stating Haaland should be banned as ‘it’s just not fair’ for him to play
The petition has already received over 300 signatures from football supporters
Joao Cancelo, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez had netted the first three goals against the Saints before Haaland added a fourth midway through the second half.
And after the game, Guardiola joked that he was angry with his star striker for only scoring one, referencing the petition.
He said: ‘I am so upset with him. He didn’t score three goals so that’s why the petition to sack him from the Premier League isn’t going to happen.’
Guardiola subsequently added: ‘Expectations of him are so high that people expect he is going to score three or four goals every game, but in the end he was there and scored. He has done it and helped us again. He played really good.’
Haaland saw a post on Twitter which ran Guardiola’s quotes and replied with a funny gif in response to his manager’s comments.
The 4-0 hammering saw City move into first place in the Premier League following an unbeaten start to the season.
They face FC Copenhagen on Tuesday in the Champions League before travelling to Anfield to play Liverpool next Sunday.
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