Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has absolved Erling Haaland of responsibility for their 1-1 draw with Chelsea. Haaland had nine shots in the Premier League fixture on Saturday, marking the highest number of attempts without scoring for the Norway striker in any game with the Premier League champions.
Guardiola commented, “It’s good to have nine shots, and next time he’s going to score. I was a football player for 11 years and scored 11 goals. I’m not a proper man to give advice to strikers. We create the chances, he had the chances and next time he’s going to score. I don’t blame him. It’s football, it’s human beings,” following the game.
The result caused City to fall behind Liverpool and Arsenal, both of whom secured significant victories earlier in the day.