Pep Guardiola’s switch to playing with a recognised No 9 remains a work in progress but the Norwegian was on the scoresheet once more in a stunning comeback victory over Tottenham
The great Erling Haaland goal drought spanned 20 days and 333 minutes of football. Almost long enough to watch the entirety of Fawlty Towers and definitely long enough to invite questions if a prolific striker made Manchester City faulty. There was a counter-argument that they were not worse, but that Pep Guardiola was malfunctioning instead, his strange selections hampering City, until the patron saint of midfielders may have become a convert to the centre-forward’s cause as he prospered by sacrificing his beloved technicians for another attacker.
Source: independent.co.uk
