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“It’s all for show,” Roy Keane opined, typically, as footage of Pep Guardiola’s post-match debrief with was shown. Haaland had just scored twice in ’s resounding 3-0 victory in the Manchester derby and it was time for celebration. As Old Trafford emptied, Guardiola and the City players revelled in their triumph in front of the away supporters, who had, in truth, got the party started long before the final whistle.
Sunday was not even the first time that the two men had exchanged ideas in full view of the television cameras: on the ’s opening night, with City 2-0 up at and Haaland twice on the scoresheet, Guardiola berated him at half-time after the Norwegian himself had berated for not passing him the ball. There is always a logic to it. “He wants the ball to him all the time, man to man, one on one. ‘Give me the balls in behind and I’m going to do it’,” Guardiola explained that night.
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