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Erling Haaland he’s looking forward to taking his mind off football in a few days Manchester City ended a five game winless streak with a win at Leicester.
The Norway the attacker was on the scoresheet together with Savinha ace City given by the boss Pep Guardiola success in his 500th game.
Haaland, who scored after a four-game drought, celebrated the birth of his first child this week and will take advantage of a rare six-day break before the next game against West Ham.
“It’s always a relief to score a goal. It was a difficult time,” he told the club’s official website. “It’s the New Year, so don’t think too much about football.
“There’s still five or six days until the next game, I think that’s the longest thinking in quite a long time, so now we can rest a bit and then we go again on the 4th.
“It is important to look ahead. We have to keep going and stay positive and focus on the right things.”
Haaland’s header at the King Power came from Savinho’s cross to put City 2-0 up after the Brazilian opened the scoring in the first half with his first goal for the club.
Guardiola praised the winger, who made an indifferent start to life at the Etihad Stadium.
“He’s a guy who can play on both sides, today he finally scored,” Guardiola said. “He has incredible ability and quality which he has proven in that period.
“He came in six months when the team is not in the best moment than he expected, compared to the past.
“He does one action well, another fine, third misses, four mistakes, five mistakes, sixth tries again and tries again and tries again. And he tries until the end.
“He had a lot of chances, but the moment you score one or two, you score a lot. I’m really happy for him for the play, the goal, the assist for Erling.”
Leicester remain in the bottom three after their fourth straight defeat, but they troubled City and missed big chances at key moments in the game.
Ruud van Nistelrooy was taking positive results.
“There are two ways to look at results,” said the former Manchester United striker. “You can only view the results: when you win you are great, when you lose you are bad.
“But we want to develop our players in the game model and when things go on the pitch on a day like this against a great team as a manager and a coach and a team you feel that you are developing something and that is a nice feeling.
“But the best feeling is to collect points.”