"Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has played with a false nine before - even though he had striking options such as Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi - but he says it's impossible with Erling Haaland because he is "too good". Haaland comes up against his former club Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League tomorrow night in a rich vein of form. The Norway international has scored 26 goals in 16 games for club and country this season, including two in Saturday's 3-1 defeat of Bournemouth."
""It is difficult to find a real, real world-class player that is incredibly humble and thinks what is the best for the team. "It is difficult to find. When a player has this kind of ability and the talent and generosity and kindness, whatever you want to say, and Erling is like that. "Normally a striker just thinks of goals, goals, goals. Of course he has to score goals, that is obviously clear. But he signed a contra"
Pep Guardiola has previously used a false nine despite having elite strikers, but says Erling Haaland cannot be omitted because he is too effective in a central striking role. Haaland has 26 goals in 16 club and international appearances this season, including a brace in the 3-1 win over Bournemouth, and is on course to challenge his own single-season scoring record. Guardiola praises Haaland's humility, team-first mindset and generosity despite his prolific scoring, calling him a rare world-class player who prioritises the team as well as scoring goals.
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