Despite their clear domination and a double of Erling Haaland, the players of Manchester City had to settle for a draw in Monaco (2-2). What make the Norwegian crazy.
Monaco is a miracle. Balled for 90 minutes by the Citizens, the Principality club nevertheless managed to snatch the draw (2-2) in the last minutes of the game. Manchester City nevertheless led twice, but a magnificent strike of eze in the first period and then a penalty transformed by Eric Dier allowed the Monegasques to equalize.
This scenario was difficult to swallow for Erling Haaland, author of the two Mancunian goals. “I’m not upset, I’m a little crazy because we haven’t won this match, it’s as simple as that. I think we did not have a good second period “thus regretted the Norwegian striker at the end of the meeting at the microphone of Canal+.
“We were too difficult, we did not hurry enough. We let them regain control of the match, it is not enough. The team passes first, I did my job, it’s not enough tonight, it’s disappointing. “ he continued, adding: “We have to be better, winning matches. Last year, we left the Champions League too early. We have to win matches because the Champions League is hard. »»
“We could have defended better”
Passing through a press conference, Pep Guardiola shared the analysis of his star attacker. “We made a very good match. We created a lot of opportunities. We have conceded little compared to our number of opportunities, which I am satisfied with. But we could have defended better on this free kick, without having to concede a penalty. ” trusted the Catalan coach.
Winner of Naples (2-0) on the occasion of the first day, Manchester City displays four points on the counter after two days before a perilous trip to the lawn of Villarreal, in three weeks, and the reception of Borussia Dortmund, fifteen days later.
