Why Erling Haaland was substituted before extra time against Real Madrid
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Why Erling Haaland was substituted before extra time against Real Madrid
Man City were eliminated from the Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid
Haaland was withdrawn after 90 minutes before extra time
Kevin De Bruyne and Manuel Akanji also left the pitch late on
By Tom Gott
10:00 AM GMT+1
Haaland was hooked for extra time
Haaland was hooked for extra time / Stu Forster/GettyImages
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed that Erling Haaland asked to be substituted heading into extra time of Wednesday's defeat to Real Madrid.
Having struggled across both the first and second legs of the ties, Haaland headed to the bench for extra time at the Etihad Stadium, with Guardiola bringing Julian Alvarez on in his place.
Both Kevin De Bruyne and Manuel Akanji were withdrawn closer to the final whistle, and Guardiola has now admitted that all three players asked to leave the field as they felt they could not continue.
"Erling and Kevin asked me to go out, like Manu, they could not continue," the City boss explained.
"The game we were playing they were amazing and I am not a big fan of making a lot of substitutions but Kevin, Erling and Manu asked me to go out."
Pep Guardiola
Guardiola had to make some big decisions / Stu Forster/GettyImages
Despite the frustrating result, Guardiola refused to criticise City's performance. They ended the game with 67% possession and 33 shots compared to Real Madrid's eight, only to ultimately fall on penalties.
"It is what is – sometimes you win on penalties and sometimes not," Guardiola reflected. "We should have done it before – for how we played.
"I absolutely don’t have any regrets – we did everything offensively and defensively. Football is about scoring goals and they did it a little bit better than us from the penalty spot. They are in the semi-finals and we are not. I have to say from my heart, thank you to my players. The performance, the commitment was exceptional."
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Arsenal will make a formal offer to sign Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres at the end of the season. (Jornal de Noticia - Portugal)
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Tuchel led Bayern past Arsenal / Alexander Hassenstein/GettyImages
Thomas Tuchel was full of praise for Arsenal after Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg but insisted the experience in his Bayern Munich side gave them the edge.
With Bayern enduring a difficult season domestically, Arsenal were the favourites heading into the tie, but a 2-2 draw in the first leg was followed by a 1-0 defeat in the return fixture as Bayern booked their spot in the semi-final.
After the game, Tuchel was keen to hail Arsenal's recent improvement but pointed to his side's big-game history for the edge.
"For me they are an elite team," Tuchel explained. "I know that Mikel [Arteta] maybe does not want to hear this.
"If you watch Arsenal games it's consistent, it's fun to watch, and every match something to learn. Maybe what they miss a little bit is experience in big games like this."
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Arteta was left frustrated / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages
Arteta acknowledged that his Arsenal side perhaps are not ready to compete at such a high level, having only made their return to the Champions League this season.
"We haven't played in the competition for seven years, we haven’t been in this position for 14 years," he explained. "There's a reason for it, and we want to do everything.
"Fast forward, super quick in one season and after we had the capacity and the quality to be in the semi-final, because the margins have been very small. But those margins sometimes are coming from something else, that maybe we don’t have yet.
"We have to learn it, when you look historically, all the clubs to get to certain stages, it took them seven, eight, some of them ten years to do it. Today that is not going to make us feel better, that’s for sure."
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