Guardiola’s reprimand towards Haaland and Silva: What sparked the tension and comparisons with Ferguson

The Norwegian goal scoring machine started scoring in the 4th minute of the meeting on Turf Moor. Haaland added a second goal before the break to give Manchester City a 2-0 lead at Burnley after the first half. Despite the favorable situation, Guardiola had a lot of grudges against his striker.

Reprimand after double

There was a sharp reprimand on the pitch, when the players went down to the locker room after the first half. The Spanish manager ran over to Haaland and, clearly annoyed, began instructing the two-goal scorer. There was a lot of gestures and a lot of words. What was it about?

It turned out that Guardiola was upset when Haaland demanded a pass from Bernardo Silva. When the Portuguese decided to play differently and the ball did not hit the Norwegian’s feet, he started shouting at Silva, having great grudges against him.

Pep Guardiola had remarks about Erling Haaland

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“He wanted to get passes all the time, he always wanted the ball to go to him. Erling wanted Bernardo to pass him, but Bernardo made a different decision. In my opinion, correct. Erling scored two goals, I think he’s happy anyway,” Guardiola commented after the match.

Haaland explained.

“It’s a pleasure working with Pep, I always say that. I am still a young player and I want to develop all the time. In my opinion, there is no better person to learn from. In one of the last moments of the first half, I was a bit annoyed with Bernardo Silva, he wasn’t happy either. The most important thing is that we started the season well – he said.

“Ferguson wouldn’t do that”

The harsh reprimand was perfectly shown. It seems that at first the Spaniard did not know that he could be on television, only after a while he decided to stop his tirade and pushed the camera away.

“There are fans who like that intensity and they will explain that that’s why Pep is the best manager in the world. On the other hand, there will be those who will say that the place for such talks is behind closed doors in the locker room. I played for Sir Alex Ferguson, one of the most impulsive managers in history. He’s never done anything like that on the pitch in front of the cameras,” Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville marveled at Guardiola’s public reaction.

2023-08-12 06:43:00
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