
MOSCOW, Oct 6 Manchester City head coach Josep Guardiola said that his team played well in the third round of the Champions League group stage match with the Danish «Copenhagen».Group G, held in Manchester, ended with a score of 5:0 in favor of the hosts.UEFA Champions League05 October 2022 • kicked off at 22:00Closed
Manchester CityEngland5 : 0 «We played with the confidence that the Manchester derby gave us. I'm impressed with the way we attacked, we played very well. Against teams like Copenhagen, you need players in the center of the field. This season we have Haaland, Alvarez, that's our weapon, we are all incredibly happy about [Julian] Alvarez's goal, he is slightly behind Holland in the number of highlights, it's normal, but he helped us a lot. In addition to the result, I am very pleased with the game. The way we played was great, «Guardiola was quoted as saying by the official UEFA website. Guardiola also explained why he replaced Erling Haaland at half-time, who scored a double in the first half. The Norwegian striker scored 28 goals in 22 Champions League matches.» Haaland played enough we were leading 3-0, so he was substituted. This is rest, he is not injured. There was no plan to replace him. If the match had been tense, he would have remained at the base. But in this case, it was wise to take it off before the game against Southampton, which we didn't win that often.»

