Pep Guardiola suggested that he may have to find a way of fitting Julian Alvarez into his plans alongside Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland.
Haaland started again up front at Fulham as he has done ahead of Alvarez whenever he has been fit, and notched his 50th goal of the campaign in all competitions in the 2-1 win. However, the victory was down to a matchwinning performance from Alvarez behind him, who starred in the absence of the injured De Bruyne.
Guardiola was full of praise for the ability and character of Alvarez when he spoke after the game, and indicated that he may be playing his way into a regular starting position even when De Bruyne returns. The manager conceded that his team were not as good in their attacks as they usually are, but put that down to the conditions of the pitch.
