Guardiola praised the Norwegian youngster Haaland has added another good helper to the national team
On January 15, Beijing time, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola praised the 20-year-old Norwegian teenager Oscar Bob in an interview with the club's official website. In this round of the Premier League match against Newcastle, Bob came off the bench to score a brilliant winner in injury time to help Manchester City win 3-2 away. His excellent technique with his feet and his calm finishing in front of goal are impressive.
Pep Guardiola was full of praise for Bob's performance, "He can play in five positions, forward, right winger, left wing...... He's energetic and incredibly professional. He was outstanding in the first half of the previous EFL Cup game against Newcastle and he didn't feel too much pressure. ”
'When Jack Grealish had problems, when John Stones, Akanji, Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland were out, there were a lot of games, important players were not there, Oscar helped us. It's amazing, really, really great. ”
Against Newcastle, City lost their main goalkeeper Ederson in the opening game, while Isak and Gordon scored twice in two minutes to put them 2-1 down at St James' Park. After Kevin De Bruyne came off the bench to equalise in the second half, Bob came off the bench in the 80th minute to replace Belgian winger Doku. It is worth mentioning that Bob made his first start for Manchester City's first team at this stadium, in the third round of the English League Cup. However, without Rodri, Manchester City ended up 1-0 with Bob contributing a game-high three successful breakthroughs but could not turn the tide. And this time, he didn't let the regret repeat itself.
In stoppage time of the game, De Bruyne won the ball in midfield, and the Norwegian teenager squeezed forward, and the Belgian midfielder's long pass over the top also arrived. Bob's first touch of the ball sent Newcastle captain Kieran Trippier into the air, and then he unleashed a croquette trick that made goalkeeper Dubravka, who had a great performance of the game, sigh at the ball, and the moment the ball rolled into the net, Guardiola on the sidelines couldn't hide his excitement. In his post-match interview, Bob said Pep Guardiola had put him on the pitch to score goals, and thankfully he did.
It's easy to say, but only 10% of players in world football can do it when they receive a long ball in such a small space and shake it off in the most reasonable way to send it into the net. The 20-year-old Bob's wonderful performance really made Manchester City fans happy. In fact, as an outstanding work of Manchester City's academy, Bob has won the title of Manchester City's EDS (second team) player of the year for two consecutive seasons, and last season he scored 6 goals and 16 assists in 28 games, and won the title of PL2 (Premier League U23) league assists.
As Pep Guardiola said, the young Bob can play in a number of positions up front, with good speed, technique, passing and shooting. In the previous Champions League group stage away to Red Star Belgrade, he scored a goal in the 62nd minute to help Manchester City take three points 3-2. And in this game, his croquette goal was even more shocking.
Bob's outstanding performance also made his national team big brother Haaland very happy. After the match against Newcastle, Haaland updated his social media to praise the performance of the young brother and said that he wanted to have a drink, although he only put out a glass of milk, but it also showed the excitement of the Norwegian center forward.
As the current number one centre-forward in world football, Haaland has won the vast majority of trophies at club level. However, the strength of the Norwegian national team is weak, so he has not participated in the main tournament of the international competition. Now, Bob's emergence has given Haaland hope. One day, the iron triangle of Haaland, Odegaard and Bob will make the Viking team show their domineering attitude again.