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Man City boss Guardiola hails 'huge talent' Haaland after thrashing RB Leipzig

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola praised Erling Haaland after their 7-0 thrashing of RB Leipzig.

City won 7-0 to reach the Champions League quarterfinals 8-1 on aggregate with Haaland scoring five times.

Guardiola said, "It was a really good performance from minute one until the end from everyone.

"We play very good with and without the ball. We scored a lot of goals. Erling was amazing but everyone was exceptional.

"Five in 60 minutes. Incredible guy, huge talent. Power, mentality, he's a serial winner. Really good.

"The reason why we concede a lot of goals we give the opponent.

"We scored four goals here against Real Madrid, six against Monaco, four against Tottenham. A lot of the time we were out because we conceded a lot. Right now these guys they defend really well. We had with Sergio before, this instinct to score goals."

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