2023-08-17 00:23:06
Pep Guardiola’s kiss to Erling Haaland following the consecration of Manchester City
After Manchester City’s fourth consecration of the year by beating Sevilla 4-3 on penalties in the European Super Cup final, coach Pep Guardiola was seen exultant. He spread greetings, kisses and hugs everywhere and there was a gesture that caught the eye with Erling Haaland, following the tense moment they had on Friday in the opening of the Premier League season.
Those images went viral and the topic comes from the final that City lost on penalties once morest Arsenal. That day Haaland did not like being replaced by Julián Álvarez and exploded at the insults of the fans of the London team. This Friday the person who was seen to be angry went to Guardiola, recriminating the Norwegian striker for something. In fact, the Spanish DT was upset with the cameraman who recorded the event. Then both clarified what happened, but publicly they were not seen once more.
This Wednesday, City had a difficult game once morest the Spanish team that wasted several clear scoring chances to settle the dispute, but the team led by Guardiola took advantage of the one they had and got the tie. He stretched the definition to the penalty shootout and there he was more effective.
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Once the cup was handed over to City and the festivities began, Guardiola began with his greetings and at one point was seen smiling with Haaland, something that caught the attention of the aforementioned episode on Friday. But the most interesting came. While the Nordic had the cup in his hands, Pep got closer to him and gave him a kiss. Erling immediately smiled and seemed to have left behind the other controversy.
Regarding what happened on Friday, both gave their versions and Haaland said: “It was in the last play that I got a little angry because Bernardo (Silva) did not play with me.” For his part, Guardiola explained: “He (Haaland) wants the ball for himself all the time, from man to man, ‘give me the ball and I’ll do it’. But when you have two minutes left and Kovacic comes in from behind and loses the ball, and Rodri loses the ball, and Erling wants that ball, Bernardo was right not to give him that ball.”
This Wednesday, once in the mixed zone, Guardiola was interviewed regarding the final of the European Super Cup and acknowledged: “In the first half they didn’t turn much from right to left, we arrived late at the centers. They attack with a lot of people and the worst were the first ten minutes of the second half and there they had two clear ones in which the game might have ended. Sevilla might have sentenced us”.
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Beyond the controversy with Haaland and the reconciling kiss, Guardiola became the second most winning coach in history. He has 36 titles with 15 years leading teams like Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Manchester City. Pep surpassed Mircea Lucescu’s 35 titles, which he achieved in 42 years. The most successful is still Sir Alex Ferguson, with 49 conquests in 39 years, most of them at Manchester United.
In a difficult game that they knew how to equalize, Manchester City reached their fourth title in 2023 following having won their first Champions League, and they also celebrated at the local level with a new conquest in the Premier League and in the FA Cup.
In addition, for the first time in its 143 years, City was able to lift the European Super Cup and marked another milestone in a year that is unforgettable for the local team, which has a squad and a coach to continue on the victorious path.
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