Pep Guardiola has issued a response to questions around the lack of support for Erling Haaland in the goalscoring department at Manchester City.The Norway international is by far and away Manchester

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has refused to blame striker Erling Haaland for his unusually stuttering form in front of goal.

As it stands, currently Manchester City is over-reliant on Erling Haaland’s goals. City’s number 9 is City’s only reliable goal threat. For a host of reasons, the world champions lack a

Pep Guardiola's message to Norway over how they should handle Manchester City forward Erling Haaland over the November international break could not have been clearer. "Erling is fine," Guardiola revealed earlier this month. " [Is he OK playing all games?] I don’t think so. Maybe, the international games [in November], he can rest."

Erling Haaland has been back to his goalscoring best this international break. The Manchester City striker has endured a tough few games for his club by his own high standards, but has managed to throw off those goalscoring woes by donning the Norway shirt.