Erling Haaland given new Man City nickname as Pep Guardiola explains Bernardo Silva decision

Here are your Wednesday evening Manchester City headlines.

Bernardo Silva decision

Pep Guardiola praised the 'f****** intuitive' Bernardo Silva as he defended the way his Manchester City side set up in the first and second legs against RB Leipzig.

City could only manage a 1-1 draw in Germany last month after being pegged back in the second half, but the manager took to the pitch on the final whistle to tell the players to hold their heads up high and spoke afterwards about how proud he was of the performance. Erling Haaland scored an incredible five goals in the return leg to see the contest turn into a rout at the Etihad.

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If Haaland took the headlines, Guardiola was thrilled with the entire team performance and explained how it had taken the first 90 minutes for him to be able to work out how to exploit Leipzig. Chief to Guardiola's plan in the second leg was Bernardo, who may have caused ripples on social media by starting ahead of the popular Riyad Mahrez but showed exactly why he was trusted to break the Leipzig build-up with another all-action performance.

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Erling Haaland nickname

Jack Grealish led the praise from Manchester City players for their 'absolute ball magnet' Erling Haaland after his five goals against RB Leipzig.

Haaland became just the third player in the history of the Champions League to score five goals in a game to steer his team into the quarter-finals - and did it in just over an hour on the pitch before being substituted by Pep Guardiola. That haul took him to 39 for the season, overtaking Tommy Johnson's club record that has stood for nearly 100 years for the most goals in a single