Champions League - Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland 'Emulated Johan Cruyff' after Man City wonderstrike

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has compared Erling Haaland to the legendary Johan Cruyff after the striker’s stunning winner against Borussia Dortmund. The Premier League champions had fallen behind in their Champions League clash with the Bundesliga side before a long-range John Stones strike levelled the scores. Ad Then, with just five minutes remaining, Haaland soared at the back post to meet a sensational Joao Cancelo cross, demonstrating supreme athleticism to send the ball beyond Alexander Meyer with an incredible mid-air outside foot volley.

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Guardiola, who began his own playing career at Barca during Cruyff’s successful tenure as manager at the Camp Nou is pleased to see his late mentor’s influence persist. He added: „Maybe you know the influence Johan Cruyff had in my life as a person, education and a manager and mentor and everything. “Johan Cruyff, years ago, scored at the Camp Nou an incredible goal against Atletico Madrid.

It was quite similar to Erling Haaland scoring, and the moment he scored the goal, I thought 'oh Johan Cruyff.' It was quite similar. So it was a really, really good one. “ Haaland and Stones score stunners as City come from behind to beat Dortmund 'He thrives on this stage' —