Manchester City coxswain Josep Guardiola explained the replacement of striker Erling Holand in the second half of the match against Wolverhampton.
On Saturday, City defeated Wolverhampton 5-1, and Holand made a poker game, thereby strengthening his leadership in the Premier League goalscoring dispute this season.
The game was given to City, and Holand could have scored more, but in the 82nd minute Guardiola replaced the 23-year-old Norwegian.
According to Guardiola, this substitution was due to the tactics of the opponent, and Holand did not feel unhappy at all when leaving the Etihad field.
“There were a lot of long passes into the channels in the game when he won the positional fight, but the opponent pulled him by the football, and the foul was never fixed.”
“I could understand when he was at shoulder level, but he was clearly winning the positional fight, and he was being pulled by the T-shirt.”
“He ended up on the lawn, and often the foul was not recorded. It happens many times in every match. He was slightly disappointed by these actions, but I can guarantee that he was so happy today.”
“I am so pleased with his performance and the exceptional goals he scored. And also a penalty, because we know that sometimes it’s not easy. I am very pleased with him,” Guardiola was quoted as saying by the Eveinng Standard.