{"id":294009,"date":"2023-11-03T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294009"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:24:08","slug":"guardiola-says-haaland-was-really-pleased-to-compete-for-ballon-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/guardiola-says-haaland-was-really-pleased-to-compete-for-ballon-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola says Haaland was &apos;really pleased&apos; to compete for Ballon d&apos;Or"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pep Guardiola reveals Erling Haaland was &#8216;really pleased&#8217; despite missing out on the Ballon d&#8217;Or to Lionel Messi &#8211; and backs the Man City star to win one in the future<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pep Guardiola reveals that Erling Haaland was &#8216;really pleased&#8217; coming second<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He backed his striker to go and win in the future with his &#8216;whole career ahead&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pep Guardiola said that Erling Haaland was &#8216;really pleased&#8217; to come second in the Ballon d&#8217;Or\u00a0race &#8211; despite many thinking he was a deserving winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 52-goal striker was tipped by many to pick up the award after firing City to the Treble but Messi won out after his World Cup triumph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola was asked if the competition was all just a popularity contest ahead of Man City&#8217;s match against Bournemouth on Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I would say that I saw him so happy to be a contender close with Messi and Mbappe. It was a good night for Man City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Big congratulations to Leo Messi and Aitana Bonmati. It&#8217;s so important for us because we have not been there many times. For the first time we were important being there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/13\/77366529-0-image-a-47_1699019610673.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola said that Erling Haaland was &#8216;really pleased&#8217; to come second in the Ballon d&#8217;Or\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/14\/77366729-12707209-image-a-58_1699020000938.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Haaland won the Gerd Muller Trophy for Best Striker but finished second in the Ballon d&#8217;Or\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has his whole career ahead of him and he can say &#8220;okay, maybe next season&#8221;. He was really pleased to be there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola also spoke about the impact of Jeremy Doku.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The young winger has scored three and assisted twice since signing from Rennes in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola said: &#8216;He is so young, he listens, he improves. He realises what we suggest and it carries out immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;His impact has been really really good. 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