A major difference. From the top of his 35 years, Lionel Messi recalls, under the colors of PSG, that he is still one of the best players in the world. Considered one of the best in history, even the best by many, the Argentinian knows that the next generation is already there. Like Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland panics the counters. The Norwegian Cyborg was talked about again by scoring his 3rd hat-trick with Manchester City against Manchester United (6-3) on Sunday, taking his tally of goals to 14 in 8 Premier League games.
Asked by bein Sports at the end of the meeting, Pep Guardiola insisted on the difference that there is, in his eyes, between Messi and Haaland. “The difference is maybe Erling needs all his partners to do it. Pffft, he’s amazing! But Messi had the ability to do that on his own.”, thus dropped the Catalan. The Cityzens scoring machine knows what it has to do to reach the heights of its sport, like the Argentinian international from PSG.