Erling Haaland’s 5th minute goal was all Manchester City needed to collect all three points from visiting Southampton Saturday and City manager Pep Guardiola says the English Premier League is hard.
City with seven wins so far in the season are back to the top of the table where they love to stay ahead of Sunday’s clash between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium.
“I prefer to be top than not being top but it’s not the point,” said Guardiola.
“Look what happened today. Aston Villa dropped points [at home to Bournemouth] and Brighton dropped points [at home to Wolves] because it’s so difficult.
“We won at Wolves in minute 94/95.
“Today we created chances, and we could have scored two or three goals, the expected goals are much better.
“But I have to admit it was a demanding game for us. Such a demanding game for us. Southampton demanded a lot from us.”
He praised Haaland for delivering when he is most needed.
“Many times, it happened. It’s not the first time that thanks to Erling we won the game.
“I would say he scored the goal to win the game. It was important at the start.”
