Pep Guardiola has explained his decision to substitute Erling Haaland as the superstar striker hunted a very rare double hat-trick for Manchester City.
The Norwegian was replaced by Julian Alvarez after 63 minutes of Tuesday night’s Champions League last-16 second-leg tie against RB Leipzig, having lit up the Etihad Stadium with five goals and attracted a standing ovation by equalling and then surpassing the club’s all-time scoring record in a single season, which had belonged to Tommy Johnson since 1929.
