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Erling Haaland<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pep Guardiola warned Erling Haaland\u2019s critics \u201che will shut your mouth\u201d after the prolific Norwegian boosted Manchester City\u2019s Premier League title hopes.<\/p>\n
Haaland\u2019s 71st-minute winner against Brentford moved City into second place in the table \u2013 just a point behind leaders Liverpool \u2013 as he emphatically responded to missing a host of chances in Saturday\u2019s draw with Chelsea.<\/p>\n
That Chelsea setback came just days after Haaland\u2019s grandmother died, and City manager Guardiola took the opportunity post-match to give his thoughts on the forward\u2019s recent critics \u2013 and journalists.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith top scorers or strikers who score a lot of goals, don\u2019t criticise because he will shut your mouth, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d said Guardiola. \u201cSooner or later, he is there.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefinitely, if I have to choose one [player to be running through on goal], I choose this one.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was out with injury for two months and is not in his best shape and just had an incredibly tough week because he lost his grandmother. That is not easy for a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked a question about whether Haaland had been \u201cdetermined to make an impact\u201d against Brentford following some discussion in the media about his performance against Chelsea, Guardiola responded by saying he had \u201cnever\u201d wanted to be a journalist.<\/p>\n
When a reporter asked a further question about what was wrong with being a journalist, Pep replied: \u201cI am a manager,\u201d he said. \u201cMy life is better than yours.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then added his comment was \u201cnot personal\u201d to the journalist asking the question.<\/p>\n
Guardiola also said Belgium playmaker Kevin de Bruyne, who has just returned from five months out, has a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we could not use Kevin because he had niggles in his hamstring and I didn\u2019t want to take [a] risk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s OK. It\u2019s just a precaution but he didn\u2019t feel comfortable, and so after five months off we didn\u2019t take any risk.\u201d<\/p>\n
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