Manchester Metropolis’s gamers should step as much as assist Erling Haaland finish his aim drought, supervisor Pep Guardiola stated on the eve of his staff’s essential Champions League match in opposition to Galatasaray.
The Norwegian final scored in opposition to Brighton from the penalty spot in early January however has not discovered the online from open play since earlier than Christmas.
Guardiola not too long ago stated his star ahead, who stays high of the Premier League goalscoring charts with 20 objectives regardless of his lean spell, was “exhausted”.
He left the 25-year-old out of his beginning line-up for Saturday’s 2-0 win in opposition to backside membership Wolves, explaining the choice was to “clear his thoughts, his physique”.
Guardiola, talking at his pre-match press convention on Tuesday, stated his staff wanted to “play higher” to assist Haaland.
“Create extra probabilities, he’ll rating,” he stated. “By no means underestimate the strikers, the goalscorers, as a result of all the time they are going to make you silent.
“We wish him to attain for the remainder of his life, that’s for positive.”
The 2023 European champions go into Wednesday’s recreation on the Etihad on the again of final week’s shock 3-1 loss away to Bodo/Glimt.
That left them eleventh within the league part of the Champions League, amongst eight groups on 13 factors.
Solely the highest eight groups go straight into the spherical of 16, with the edges ending between ninth and twenty fourth competing in a two-legged play-off subsequent month.
“I want to have extra (factors) however it’s what we deserve,” stated Guardiola, whose staff are preventing for 4 trophies. “We have to focus and attempt to win our recreation then see what place we end.”
Rodri is suspended for Wednesday’s match after his sending-off in Norway.
New signings Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo are each ineligible to play within the Champions League till the knockout phases.
Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, John Stones, Savinho and Oscar Bobb stay sidelined with accidents.
AFP
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