Pep Guardiola said he gave no thought to Erling Haaland's chances of scoring a double hat-trick in Manchester City's huge win over RB Leipzig, when he substituted the striker on five goals.
What Pep Guardiola told Man City players on pitch at full-time vs RB Leipzig
23.02.2023 - 09:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola got his Manchester City players together on the pitch at full time at RB Leipzig to tell them to keep their heads up.
City had dominated the first half of their Champions League last-16 first leg in Germany, but only had Riyad Mahrez's goal to show for it. After the break, Leipzig hit back and deservedly took a draw from the game and the tie remains open ahead of next month's second leg at the Etihad.
While there may have been some frustrations from the City camp after failing to secure a first leg win, Guardiola said he was keen to impress on his side how well they played, regardless of the result.
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Sharing his message to his players on the pitch, Guardiola said: "They were heads down. I said why are you heads down? Heads up, it was really good the way you played.
"People don't like it, doesn't matter. You played the game you should play. At the end Erling, what happened [the late penalty shout]. Sure. it's going to happen. When you lose the ball in these actions, they [Leipzig] run, you have to have the control that we need to do it."
Guardiola was extremely complimentary of both his own side, and also Leipzig's second-half resurgence, looking ahead to the second leg.
He added: "Normally there is one misconception in football - after we play the first half, people say how bad is the second half? Why don't you think Leipzig aren't a good team? They don't lose a game for many times. They beat Real Madrid here comfortably. The game against Bayern, first half Bayern were better but the second half Leipzig were much better. I have a lot of respect about Leipzig.
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