Guardiola warns reporter not to criticise Haaland

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has defended his star striker after missing some clear-cut chances

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00:00 It's an incredible threat. A lot of chances and that means we are playing good.

00:04 One of the sense that the team is playing quite good is how many chances we have early.

00:09 When it's not in ball, no chances, something wrong has happened in our process, in our dynamic.

00:13 But we create a lot of chances and the ball is there and that is because we are doing really good things.

00:18 We have to continue. So, always he's there and score a lot of goals.

00:24 The past and the present will happen in the future.

00:26 His conversion rate of big chances is much lower now compared to the first eight games last season.

00:34 Does that worry you at all?

00:36 Yeah, a lot.

00:37 Does that worry you at all?

00:39 I didn't sleep tonight.

00:40 He had an incredible chance. If he could score now 14 or 15 goals, it would be the same debate.

00:48 It's important, like he always said, I have the chance, I have the chance, I have the chance.

00:52 Important is this. So, my advice to the striker and Erling, don't criticise him much.

00:58 Criticise the full-backs, the central defender, the manager, but never, never a striker will score all goals.

01:04 Because he will, you know, and you will be in the position that you will apologise.