Manchester City head coach Josep Guardiola joked about replacing Erling Holland in the FA Cup match against Burnley. It should be added that the Citizens won a confident 6-0 victory.
"I took him off the field to protect Messi's record in the FA Cup," Goal.com quoted Guardiola as saying after the match.
It will be recalled that in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League against RB Leipzig, Erling Holland scored five goals and was substituted in the 63rd minute. After the match, journalists jokingly asked Guardiola that this substitution was due to the fact that the Norwegian could not surpass Lionel Messi's record.