Pep Guardiola and Erling Haaland react as Man City secure vital win

Goalscorer Erling Haaland and a relieved Pep Guardiola have reacted after a crucial Man City victory over Leicester City ended a run of five games without a win.

Goals from Savinho and Haaland at the King Power Stadium sealed the much-needed and morale-boosting win.

Reflecting on victory, Haaland said: “Not much to say. It’s good to win. I’m just happy that we’re winning. Yeah, it’s important to look ahead. We have to keep going and stay positive and focus on the right things. It’s always a relief when you score. It was an important goal to go two goals up. Leicester did a really good game and they’ve been playing really well under the new coach.

“We knew it would be difficult. Every game is difficult. It’s about getting the game to turn towards your favour.”

After ending a recent goal drought, he added: “It’s always a relief to score. It’s been a difficult time. Now it’s New Year, so don’t think too much about football. It’s five or six days until the next game, I think it’s the longest time I think in a pretty long period, so now we can rest a little bit and then we go again on the 4th. It’s important to look ahead. We have to keep going and stay positive and focus on the right things.”

Meanwhile, boss Pep Guardiola praised Savinho, who had earlier opened the scoring with his first goal for the club.

“He’s a guy who can play on both sides, today he finally scored a goal. He has an incredible ability and quality he’s proven in that period. He arrived in the six months when the team isn’t in the best moment than maybe he expected, compared with the past.

“He makes one action fine, second fine, third miss it, four mistake, five mistake, the sixth try again and try again and try again. And until the end he tries. He’s had a lot of chances but the moment you score one or two, you’ll score a lot. I’m really pleased for him for the game, the goal, the assist for Erling.”