At Manchester City they rub their hands, and even more so their coach Pep Guardiola, with the explosive start and scorer of Erling Haaland. In addition to the versatility of the Argentine Julián Álvarez who has already won praise from the club’s protagonists and began to put the fans in his pocket.
The Citizens come from beating recently promoted Nottingham 6-0 Forest with Haaland’s triplet, in 38 minutes. However, the Argentine striker scored a brace and was instrumental in scoring the other goals. So much so that the Norwegian is pleased to have him as a partner.
In an interview conducted by the journalist Verónica Brunati with Haaland, the ‘Android’ revealed the resemblance between Julian and Kun: “ Julián looks like Kun Agüero. Wow, I love playing with it”.
These words match the praise that Guardiola gave the former River Plate before and after the game : “I have the feeling that there is no one in the dressing room who is not happy about his two goals. Erling stands out, but from the first day we have seen Julián in the locker room and training and we have an incredible opinion”.
And this Haaland-Álvarez duo already adds up 12 goals (9 from Haaland) and the Argentine was only a starter for the first time this season precisely against Nottingham Forest. He did it as a pointer from the right in a 4-3-3 alongside Erling, news that pleases the Argentines who thought that he would only play as a substitute for the Norwegian striker.
The three goals scored by the ‘Spider’ Álvarez were against Liverpool in the Community Shield and the two against Nottingham . Now they are getting ready to start again this Saturday against Aston Villa for the sixth day of the Premier League.
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