Erling Haaland shares a hilarious response to coach Pep Guardiola’s warning for Manchester City’s selection

Manchester city are at a crucial point in the season and cannot afford to relax. With only two points behind Arsenal in the Premier League rankings, every game is important, and head coach Pep Guardiola know. So he issued a warning to the team, which provoked an unexpected response Erling Haaland.

Last Saturday they won after a 3-0 victory West Ham United Guardiola revealed that the players had been weighed the previous day to monitor their physical condition ahead of the Christmas holidays, which ran until December 25.

The coach warned them that when they returned to training, they would be weighed again to make sure they had not eaten too much during their time off. “They’ll be back on the 25th and I’ll be there to monitor how many pounds are coming up. The moment they arrive after three days, I want to see how they come back,” Guardiola said according ESPN.

“They can eat, but I want to control them…I have to make a selection against Nottingham Forest. Imagine one player and he is perfect now, but he gains three kilos more. He stays in Manchester. He will not travel to Nottingham Forest,’ Pep warned.

Haaland’s funny response

After the Christmas holidays, Manchester city players returned to training and Erling Haaland shared a humorous post on his referee X account makes fun of head coach Pep Guardiola’s warning.

“All good” the Norwegian striker wrote alongside a photo of himself showing his feet on a scale weighing 94.4 kilos (about 208 pounds). It is clear that the Citizens superstar took care of himself during the three days off to avoid excesses and proudly showed off the results.

Important match for Manchester City

After a season that started with some uncertainty and several disappointing results, Manchester City have rediscovered their best form in recent weeks, completing a string of consecutive victories that have seen them close to the top spots in the standings.

Across the Premier League and the UEFA Champions Leaguethe Citizens have won seven games in a row. Excluding the European clash against Real Madridthey have recorded six consecutive league victories, helping them close the gap Arsenal.

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Now just two points separate them from the top of the table, meaning a win against Saturday Nottingham forest would make them, at least temporarily, the new Premier League leaders. They would then have to wait for the result between Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion see if they can hold that spot.