Not Just Erling Haaland, Guardiola Praises This Player After Manchester City Wins Over Crystal Palace: Okezone Bola

MANCHESTER – Manchester City coach, Josep Guardiola, seemed satisfied with the performance of a number of his players in the match against Crystal Palace in the fourth week of the 2022-2023 Premier League. In addition to Erling Haaland, Guardiola also praised Bernardo Silva after the match.

Man City managed to achieve a 4-2 comeback victory over Crystal Palace. The match will be held at the Etihad Stadium, Saturday 27 August 2022.

In the first half, The Eagles -Crystal Palace’s nickname – managed to take the lead through an own goal by John Stone (4′). Then, Joachim Andersen (21′) doubled the visitors’ lead.

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But in the second half, Man City managed to rise to reverse the advantage over the visitors. The four goals were scored by Silva (53′) and Erling Haaland (62′, 70′ and 81′).

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With this victory, Man City managed to rise after getting a 3-3 draw from Newcastle United in the previous match. Despite winning, The Citizens had to settle for being in second place in the standings with 10 points.

After the match, Guardiola praised Silva for opening Man City’s winning goal. The Spanish coach explained that since last season, Silva had motivated other players to be able to get a win, even though they were behind.

“Bernardo was very good. He scored early in the second half and helped us do what we did at West Ham last season, Aston Villa last season and Newcastle,” said Guardiola, quoted by Tribalfootball, Tuesday (30/8/2022) .

Bernard Silva

However, Guardiola said the Man City players had to play more vigilantly. According to him, Haaland and his friends will not be able to win a comeback in the upcoming match.

“But at the same time be careful because we played with a lot of risks and one day we won’t come back,” he explained.

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