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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Mark Jones

Pep Guardiola reacts to petition to get Erling Haaland banned from Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has laughed off the "joke" online petitions launched by rival fans upset at Erling Haaland's remarkable impact on English football.

Haaland has scored a stunning 19 goals in 12 appearances since arriving at City from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, including three hat-tricks in just eight Premier League games, with his third treble coming in last Sunday's 6-3 victory over Manchester United.

He then added two more goals in a 5-0 Champions League win over Copenhagen on Wednesday, after which visiting goalkeeper Kamil Grabara joked that Haaland "wasn't human" in a conversation with City's Jack Grealish.

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