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The Manchester City boss was far from happy with his striker despite seeing him score two brilliant goals at Turf Moor.
Pep Guardiola insisted Bernardo Silva was right not to play Erling Haaland in as he explained why he berated the striker on the pitch at half-time.
City kicked off their 2023/2024 Premier League campaign in style with a 3-0 wins at Turf Moor, with Haaland on hand to score twice before Rodri netted a third. The Norwegian opened his account for the season inside four minutes when the ball arrived at his feet six yards from goal.
Despite Burnley pressure, Haaland doubled his side's lead with a beautiful finish on 36th minute, leaning back to curl an effort past James Trafford after some good work from Julian Alvarez.
It was a typically clinical performance from the City striker, but manager Guardiola was far from happy with him at half-time. Sky cameras captured him marching towards Haaland and berating him for an angry reaction towards Bernardo Silva.
"He wants all the time, ball to him, ball to him," Guardiola said of Haaland after full-time. "Man-to-man it's one-v-one, give him balls in behind and he'll do it.
"But when you have two minutes left and Kovacic goes in behind and loses the ball, Rodri loses the ball. Erling wanted the ball and Bernardo was correct not to give him it.
"It’s easy to do exactly what you have to do, it’s not any problem at all but he scored two goals and I think he's happy.
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