Manchester City was a party and Julián Álvarez responded to Guardiola’s confidence with two great goals

Manchester City beaten 6-0 to Nottingham Forest and remains undefeated Premierwith 13 points out of 15 possible, in second place in a race that leads the Arsenal, to walk perfectly. But despite the fact that he was the great protagonist of the match at the Etihad Stadium Erling Halandauthor of a hat-trick when only 38 minutes of play were played, it was Julian Alvarez the one that caused the best reactions of Pep GuardiolaDT of the English team.

It is that the former River played for the first time as a starter after the praise of the Spaniard, and more than returned the trust that the coach had given him in the previous one. “Everyone talks about Erling (Haaland) but Álvarez is exceptional,” condemned Pep, not very fond of free compliments for his clients.

“He is very humble and positive. He gives everything in every training session. He had a good impact in the preseason and is now gaining minutes. In the last game he participated in two goals, he always has this sense of being right When he delays his position has quality to play, “added Guardiola.

And Julián answered him on the pitch. First, showing that hunger that dazzled Guardiola, moving behind Haaland and collaborating so that the Norwegian prince condemned the match against Forest in a few minutes. He pressed, retrieved, touched and searched. So he almost scored 1-0 after a corner kick, but they knocked him out on the line. Then he tries it from outside the box, swinging and throwing a left that hits the post. But the reward for the effort would come in the second half.

With the score 4-0 and Haaland taking care of his physique, Julián lets himself go and tries higher. He is thus face to face with the opposing goalkeeper, enters the area and takes a right cross that is worth 5-0 for the Citizens.

In the end, with the Scandinavian giant already on the bench, Julián was 9th and once again showed that he was in love: he caught a rebound inside the area and threw a left into the corner, which only served to decorate the result but which was celebrated as if it were victory. And one of those who experienced it this way was Guardiola, who jumped off the bench and applauded Julián’s brace.

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