Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland had an impossible task against Bournemouth, praising his ability to get an assist on his home Manchester City debut.
Haaland used his strength to hold off two defenders and play in Ilkay Gundogan to open the scoring for City, and then pressured his centre-back to help the ball drop to Rodri to start the move for City's second goal.
However, he couldn't follow up on his brace at West Ham and was substituted in the second half. After the game, Guardiola said he was more than happy with Haaland's performance, pointing to the five defenders he had to deal with from Bournemouth. ALSO READ:Pep Guardiola notices change in Kevin De Bruyne after Erling Haaland signing at Man City "I told you yesterday, the most difficult job in the world is when you are a striker and defenders defend in areas like Bournemouth," he said. "They have three central defenders and two players in front and everyone in the middle, how can you survive like that?
It's so difficult. We will find many of these situations, but it is a question of time. The right moment, the right tempo, the right movement. "But the quality of players we have behind him, to assist him, we will find him, I have no doubt about that.
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