Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola replaced Erling Haaland during the second half of the 4-0 victory against Slovan Bratislava last night.
This decision was made to preserve Haaland's fitness for future matches.
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Haaland, who scored the third goal of the game, has achieved an impressive tally of 11 goals this season.
“Erling is never disappointed with his manager,” Guardiola told reporters post-game.
“As a manager I am more secure and more happy when Erling is on the pitch.
“I will keep him on the pitch all the time but at 0-3 the game was almost over and with this amount of games we have to take care of him.
“He had a big knock last game against Newcastle so that’s why after 0-3 the fantastic goal with the pass from Rico and after that it’s better.”