Erling Haaland hat-trick 'nothing special' - Pep Guardiola praises striker's goalscoring career

Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland's hat-trick was «nothing special» as Manchester City fought back to beat Crystal Palace 4-2. Manchester City found themselves two down at half-time, but a wonderful solo goal from Bernardo Silva kickstarted a comeback before Haaland hammered in a hat-trick to finish the job. Ad And while Guardiola called on his side to conceded fewer goals after going two behind for the second game running, he was full of praise for summer signing Haaland and his goalscoring career that makes hat-tricks appear ordinary.

Premier League‘One of the toughest opponents’ – Guardiola heaps praise on Newcastle after pulsating draw21/08/2022 AT 18:56 «We have the ability to score goals but lately we are conceding a lot,» he said. «It's nice leaving in this situation and to have a comeback. You are in the margin when this happens sometimes.

»The last two games have had a lot of goals and a lot of goals conceded. It was a good game. We have always struggled against them but we came back.

In the previous seasons we didn't have it but now we are starting to do it. It is a good lesson for us what happened in the first half but now it is a good game. «They were well organised and we didn't do what we need to do in these types of games.

What [Erling Haaland] has done today he has done all his career. It is nothing special. »We have not done anything special for him that he didn't do before.

It is important for him to get goals. He has the sense to score goals." Guardiola confirmed this week that midfielder Bernardo Silva would stay with the club, and was full of praise for the Portuguese's performance against Palace. «Bernardo Silva is the type of player that when things go bad he can step forward,» added Guardiola.