Pep Guardiola took off Erling Haaland against Slovan Bratislava to take care of Manchester City s superstar striker.
Haaland scored in the 58th minute to make it 3-0 to City in Slovakia on Tuesday.
He was taken off two minutes later, to be replaced by James McAtee, who went on to score his first City goal and round off a 4-0 Champions League rout.
With focus now switching back to the Premier League, and Saturday s clash with Fulham, Guardiola explained the substitution was made to protect the striker, who has already netted 10 goals in England s top flight this season.
Asked if Haaland had been frustrated to be taken off, Guardiola told City s media channels: Erling is never disappointed with his manager.
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