According to information from Metro, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola expressed frustration with reporters during the press conference after the win over Brentford to protect his student Erling Haaland.
This morning, Man City won at least 1-0 against Brentford in the compensation match of round 18 of the Premier League, the only scorer for The Citizens was Haaland.
This can be considered a goal to relieve pressure on the Norwegian star because before conceding the Bees’ goal, the 23-year-old striker had only scored 2 goals in the last 7 matches. Although Haaland has not been in great form recently, in the post-match press conference, coach Guardiola still had absolute confidence in the striker born in 2000 and warned that excellent strikers like Haaland could make journalists angry. “must be silent”.
“When I was young, an old friend of mine said: “When a high-class striker goes through a period of bad form, don’t rush to criticize him because one day, he will make you silent. ”, Guardiola said. “He is going through a difficult time, an injury caused him to miss more than 2 months and recently, his grandmother passed away.”
Not only that, the Spanish strategist also criticized the work of the reporters present at the press conference.
“I’m a coach, I have a much better life than you guys, that’s why I don’t want to become a journalist,” Guardiola added.
As for Man City, the 3 points won this morning helped the home team at Etihad Stadium have 56 points after 25 matches, The Citizens rose to 2nd place on the Premier League rankings and only 1 point behind leading team Liverpool.