Haaland & De Bruyne asked to be SUBBED OUT?! 👀 'WHAT IS GOING ON?!' - Steve Nicol | ESPN FC
2024 ж. 17 Сәу.
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Steve Nicol goes off on Erling Halaand and Kevin De Bruyne for asking Pep Guardiola to be subbed out in Manchester City vs. Real Madrid.
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Real Madrid made Them Quit
Exactly if this were TenHag, the Medias would have buried him there😂
Don't even compare Seven Hag to pep
That's why he's Ten Hag
@@billben6062You dont think keeping Haaland and De Bruyne to do the shootout would have increased thier chances to win instead of trash Kovacic and Bernado ? And yes he is right about Ten Hag. If he did this to his best players he would get buried in the media but Pep dont even get called out cause they love him.
@@queenbrightwingthe3890no because he has managed the team for 9 years and won everything for city . You get the benefit of doubt when you have that resume
@ladi278 benifit of doubt making daft decisions that cost them the shoot out
In the 2014 World Cup final Schweinsteiger played the last 10 minutes with blood on his face. There are levels to this game.
2024 xD
You mean 2014.
@@queenbrightwingthe3890 yeah, sorry, edited it
Did Germany press the whole game? People are stupid
@@MaryAYoung You know nothing about football or English. Do you know the meaning of "stupid'" at all?
Pep throwing the players under the bus to deflect his decisions, Dani was struggling for a while before he said im done & it was clear for all to see... both the players in question looked fine up until they came off
My Bruther Haaland ghosted
Exactly. Pep is a deplorable excuse for a leader. Shitting on his players publicly because he’s so concerned about his image.
@@samig9032you are the only deplorable here
Throwing his players under the bus so that he doesn't look bad, what a fraud of a man. Maybe we should start calling him Fraudiola from now, disgusting man.
@@eavyeavy2864 wow great answer bro u really shut him up with that one lol
If this was mbappe, you would not hear the end of it.
Absolutely!! And we know why…..
@@philanderphillips2309 yep
So true, Craig would have called him a big baby!
@@jimmyniful not only that but would find a way to make him look like he is controlling the team
Nobody is talking about him. He is glazed and hyped beyond belief by media already
Even if they asked to come out Pep should’ve protected his players in this situation. Bro it’s the UCL QF against Real Madrid in your house and you’re tired? Those Madrid players were dragging but they survived. If true that embarrassing.
Thats the difference between city and Madrid players
You should not protect that, asking to come off in a game of that importance is crazy 😂😂
This just shows how much of greats messi & cr7 were, i miss messi & cr7 😢😢😢 glad i grew up in that era of football all killers
IDK about Messi. But CR7 ALWAYS fought to the last minute - a true lion-heart. The coach, his teammates & fans could count on him to fight.
@@richardstaples75 i'm a die hard cr7 fan but bruv if u r a cr7 fan then u definitely know how incredible messi was & how he fought for the teams he played for, that whole generation of footballers & prior was peak football
Both were special when playing in Spain. I miss them already@@richardstaples75
Jude Bellingham exists.
Why isn't pep being blamed for this. He just put them under the bus
It's pep he can get away with anything because he's pep he has won everything there is
Because we don't know if they actually asked to be subbed off. Seems weird but at least they haven't claimed otherwise. I know I would say something even if it was my manager doing the lying.
Why should pep be blamed? The players shouldn't be asking to come off
If the players asked to come off at a critical moment in a critical game, then they may deserve this public, minor slight. Also, it's not like Pep did a rant on them, or directly blamed them for the result. Calling this "putting under the bus" is an exeggaration.
Pep done nothing wrong, it's the players that ran away off the pitch.
Pep and Haaland probably had a massive argument behind the scenes
Doesn't matter Haaland is not a child he's what 23? He's grown like grow up put on your big boy boxers and get on with it sacrifice and do what you have to do for your team instead he ghosted and abandoned them doesn't say much about him as a person
Haaland & De Bruyne has been soccer punched by Mike Tyson
@@Model_Roe nah if Haaland were black you’d be making excuses for him just like you’ve made for every african player
@@dannytallmage2971Always one nonce who brings up race
@@dannytallmage2971which African superstar on the same level as him have you heard asking to come off because they are tired? Stop making it a race thing. They only attack specific coach’s and teams consistently. The only black decent players or any players in general that get leniency/ protected are English players
How do you get tried from ghosting?!
His pressing
Pressing his nuts?
Exactly! I hate people who don’t watch the game and make comments. I have never seen a team press so much. They pressed the entire game. City’s who team was exhausted.
@MaryAYoung that's just false. How can a team have 70% ball possession and be tired from pressing. What were they pressing themselves?
@@renoirrandy7241 u didn’t watch the game. Can’t talk to people who only watch highlights
so when a player wants to come in and play would pep just play him? i think he needs to take full responsibility of those decisions and not throw players under the bus
A bravo
Pep made 2 BS subs that didn't make sense. Actually ok Julian for Haaland made BUT kovasic dor KDB😂😂😅😂😅😂 really
What’s more painful is neither Arsenal nor Liverpool can take advantage of City’s crumble. The current top 3 are so wounded from Europe.
That's not crumble. Being beaten by 4-0 is crumble.
@@faizzin4483bottling a 99% chance of winning is crumbling 😂 Bottle city, soft city, oil city, trash city 😂
@@Bottlechester_City so childish.
@@faizzin4483childish or not. Doesnt change the fact that city bottled a 99% chance of winning vs madrid 2 years ago. Cope
@@Bottlechester_Citybecause of losing on penalties to Real Madrid? Both games were drawn, it's no great shame is it
they need to learn from carvajal
Why are these guys hyping Haaland like crazy after a loss...like he was electrifying throughout the match
I mean Bellingham was like haaland to ghosting but at the end scored the pen same Could have happened in haaland's case
@@sadhaeducationcenter7696 did you see Real Madrid 1st goal(not penalty, the Rodrigo one)
@@George-wk5yd ya but if you looked at wholesale he was lethargic and when he got the ball he would almost always lose it it was like he was a liability as he wasn't running at all didn't try to create anything at all that first goal credit must be given to vinicius Jr not Bellingham eventhough his control was better it was vinicius Jr awareness and passing ability which made the goal possible
@@sadhaeducationcenter7696 Well apart from defenders Real madrid players didn't really have a good game. Bellingham played too high and Madrid just sat back and defended...but you can't fault his work rate. Bellingham gives way more to his team than Halland does. Thierry Henry gave a very good explanation on how Halland can improve his game
Had an electric game please don't give me that he didn't score or look like scoring and when it got tough he quit
It’s crazy the way different managers are treated in the media. Pep won’t get any slack for this, the same when he called Kyle Walker out saying he’s not good enough to play the inside full back, the same way he called out Kalvin Phillips for being fat… remember the reaction when Ten Hag didn’t start Jadon Sancho because he didn’t train to the level he expects. The media wanted to kill him 😂😂😂😂
That's life in general. Some animals are more equal than the other. Pep has carefully built a certain media image. This image is not necessarily his original personality.
Yeah but sancho is playing for a semi finalist now and ten heg is not even playing in the ucl next year. Also ten hag hasnt earned the right to do what pep does
@@diligenceeke3023more like its called hypocrisy
De bryne was so tired he couldn't run anymore,he left everything on the pitch
And how many Real Madrid players was tired but still keep going ? Moments like this is when you seperate sheeps from real players that want to win with both heart and soul.
Kdb was all over the pitch unlike Madrid players who were defending all the time@@queenbrightwingthe3890
@@queenbrightwingthe3890 that right there is why Madrid are CL legends, a cut above the rest
@@queenbrightwingthe3890 I mean…presumably, he hasn’t fully healed yet.
@@queenbrightwingthe3890KDB is old and his legs are gone. You clearly don’t realize what stage he’s at. Haaland is unacceptable though
The question the Panel should be asking is . Why didn’t 1 single reporter in Pep’s presser follow up and ask was it an injury , or fatigue? Media not doing there job
The pressure got to them in the most important moment
Yeah. Makes you appreciate CR7 - skill? yes, but heart too!
crazy how u can blame haaland so much. is he messi or cr7 ? no ofc not he do not have the skill. but he is a amazing stiker debut season won evrything whit a lot of goals ? why blame him is anazing striker not messi junior lol
Pep throwing his players under the bus.
i highly doubt they asked to come out,maybe KDB coz of injury and the theory that him and foden arent at their best when playing together so he figured foden is more lively and less of a risk so he should operate whereas on the other side i cannot even imagine haaland asking to be subbed off
He is the coach and he decides who plays or not, that's not an excuse
Absolutely not fool. The player's body decides he can play or not.
@@nishant54 Everyone deserves to be substituted then because all were tired
@@charlesapana9935 Yeah but they didn't asked
@@nishant54 They don't decide for the coach
@@charlesapana9935 their body does
Yes Haaland’s form has not been as good as he has been last year. But he is still the best #9 in the world. People are forgetting he is only 23 years young and he broke almost every record he could last season in his FIRST season in the prem. He’s top class. City is currently not playing to his strengths and are honestly letting him down. He’s not getting crosses into the box, they are not trying to play him in… if i was Haaland i’d come out and say im not happy with this current play style.
The can’t play to his strength. That’s not the city way. Haaland will have to play for a counter attacking team to show his potential to the max.
Yeah, but control is not haaland, he would have been better at real madrid or liverpool.
Only 23????????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I mean respectfully 23 is grown last time I checked it's not like he's 16 not to mention Jude is 20 and he has more maturity in his left finger than Haaland has in his whole body
Haaland is not the best striker in the world.
Stop with the recency bias. Harry Kane is the best striker in the world. He contributes to the teams link-up play and has brilliant passing and better finishing than Haaland. Haaland fired on all cylinders last season is City's system. But like you said Haaland is young, he has time to develop and round out his game, he is good and may even get far better.
I dont think its a tired thing it was honour as they realised they werent doing enough to change the game and maybe someone coming off the bench could.
Not a fan of MC, but Haaland is an amazing player that keeps all defenders extremely busy. What happens is that the pressure is high, and the first rate teams now know how to play Pep's team. It is also known that Haaland and KDB had fights with Guardiola in the past, badly managed by Pep, unfortunately. But these amazing two fellas will win the PL in some weeks, and that's going to be a great consolation because the PL is the best league in the world.
They better win PL!
@@greenogre_ Or what? You cannot sack Pep neither can you sack KDB and EH.
Best league in the world 😂 Delusional bottle city fans
What about the possibility of Pep trying to find somebody else to pass the blame on? This is ridiculous from a coach to say it publicly. He has let them down big time. And even in the extremely unlikely possibility of the players asking to be subbed, this is a private matter that Pep should have dealt with inside the dressing room and not in a press conference! This is a clear case of passing the buck and a coach making villains out of players and sabotaging them
Steve is a class act. Almost made me spit out my water in the first 1 minute
Why is this a big deal? We don't even know the context or the reason?
To be fair, Haaland has even said that "i'm getting old now" since about three years ago
Physically he wont age well at all. He has a funny gait already and phsycially he matured very early. His game relies on space and athleticism really.
@@ExecutionerHopkins You don't know that.
@@diligenceeke3023 bookmark the post and come back in 5 years.
When he was at Dortmund I always thought Haaland ran the risk of burning out early. Every time he runs he goes flat out, and big guys that move fast often deal with injuries. Haaland relies too much on his athleticism, if he could just perfect his touch and learn to have an impact on the game other than goals, he might be able to save some of his athleticism for when it's needed. Just master the fundamentals, which will require extra hours on the training pitch
I don’t think haaland enjoys his football at city. Yes he scores bags of goals but the style city use hinders his abilities which makes it seem like he disappears but really, they don’t play to his strengths… the only time they put a decent cross in for him he hit the bar. Other than that they pass it up and down outside the box for majority of the game until the mids crack a shot or play one twos with each other
Well said Nadim Well said shaka
Pep threw his stars under the bus
I do not see anything wrong with Pep coming out and saying the players asked to be substituted, a few days ago Rodri said he wanted a rest and nobody had a problem with that. Is it that people want to hear it from the horse's mouth and not from Pep. We should take into consideration that Kevin just come back from an injury, its possible that his body could not take it anymore.Imagine if Rodri had told Pep in private that he needed a break and Pep resting him in that Luton game and city ended up on the losing side, people would be blaming Pep 100%.We have to accept that Football players are not Robots they also need a rest otherwise we will end having players collapsing during the game.
Unless Pep is already thinking of next season; making them look less than giving 100% so there won't be uproar when he sells them both preseason.
Speculations and hypotheticals🤦🏽♂️
KDB never asked to be subbed. He is the epitome of a winner.
Kevin argument it's Euro year KDB maybe wants to win something with national team and don't want to get hurt again Erling argument I tried for 180 minutes and failed. Extra 30 minutes won't make any difference...
Bullsh!t kdb always ghosts and shuns away from responsibility in Belgium
i can understand kdb being tired he recently just came back from an injury and is an older player. haaland asking to be subbed out is strange though
Its the boss aka Peps decision who is going off or not. Dont put this on the players. He should have been clear about needing both KDB and Haaland for penalty. Its his leadership that failed here. When Haaland went off RM had it much easier defending. It was a mistake to take him off. Peps mistake
Ghosting in crucial moments/games like these is what partly contributed to Halaand losing the 2023 Ballon d'Or to Messi!
yeah man was kind of right. He aint running much supposely he could still play. But for me probably he tired got tightly marked by Rudiger a lot. Same goes on KDB. He also gave tf up.
If you're 3-0 up against luton sure but coming off against Madrid in the CL is insanity
They are both tired, he's not giving them enough rest and this is the result
How is it possible Holland cant continue; that's impossible
Halaand just wanted to get out of Rudigers Pocket 😂
You need to have a thick skin around Steve 😂🙌🏾
As a League 2 striker, Haaland simply didn’t feel comfortable playing in that game.
Haaland left after the first 90... De Bruyne coming off a serious injury scored the goal to force extra time and left in the second half of extra time…major difference.
I think Pep wanted to try something different - they'd been ineffective.
Yeah I found that real uncanny why they would ask themselves to sub off. And the players who turned up for penalties were crazy. We know Ederson has fantastic football skills but Rodri not turning up was bizarre. But all these aside Real Madrid are mentality monsters. And Football Heritage is a real thing.
The way pep answer that issues blaming player is bullshit he make a big mistake bcoz in extra time we all can see real Madrid playing for penalty went press conference the reporter don't ask that question why you blaming player not yourself pep crazy statement
Pressure to much for soem players
They were tired...end of story... don't make a fuss of things like this
Pep has earned that trust? Nah im not buying it.
Best manager of all time 🐌🐌
@@zetineb88 That titel belongs to Ancelotti.
@@zetineb88 Were you born yesterday?
sometimes i disagree with stevie but this one a hard yes!!!!! unheard of a "superstar" to come off the field and let alone be ineffective ingame
The funny parts is that the same pundit comparing Haaland with Messi for Ballon de ouro ` What a jock `
Pepe’s system doesn’t pass up the middle to the strikers. It is side to side and back again.
Haaland was tired? He walked a lot i guess, but it felt like most of the match he walked.
Pure deflection. People idolize Pep but he's a smug clown a lot of the time. He made two bad choices and they lost simple as that. There is zero world Haaland and KDB asked to come off.
Don't forget, 66% MC possession. Too bad possession doesn't win games.
Haaland asked to be subbed off? Doubt it. He was not doing his job so fair enough
Pep can be a bit cheeky at times, it is a cultural thing imo - he is not always very direct in his communication. He said because he thought he protected them in that way. In his history he fell off with many of his star players, especially those who knew that they are special. You could see it coming with deBruyne in the recent sub offs. He wasn't happy and I don't think they really like each other anymore. What Pep and Mourinho have in common is that they burn their relationships just to squeeze out some more from the players. He wants them angry so they perform at their limit by turning that anger into positive energy on the pitch, which can be quite exhausting for them.
LOL, first time I’ve heard any ex-athlete or even any sports commentator say “ bemusing.” Shaka is AWESOME'!!!!!
Rightfully so! Alvarez should've started.
Madrid too high intensity for them
So good to finally listen to Gabby without that clown jules spoiling it.
Injury and fatigue is what substitutions are there for 😂😂. I would rather players go off, than try to play injured or fatigued. The media and numpty's acting like they're robots and not human beings. Haaland and KDB have both been struggling with injuries and match fitness. I know having a go at City players is popular, and gets views, but its a high level of stupidity to suggest injured/fatigued players shouldn't ask to be subbed off 😂😂😂.
Will they give Jose the benefit of trust?
W stevie , W ESPN
Pep sub the guys because they were not playing to the tempo that he wanted..so playing so is like asking to come off...
Making millions if tell that to my boss all be fired 😂
He lies all time. Walker was never injured. He played 120 minutes. KDB was did vomit last week.
You can see through Pep.
@@diligenceeke3023pep hater😂
if that was Bruno Fernandes or any United player, they would tear them to shreds
People still bitter he didn't get balloon dor over Messi. I wonder if they see the difference in quality now
Maybe they were upset with Pep’s strategy
Haaland was clearly frustrated - profiled like Messi in big CL games - hope he breaks this pattern b4 it's too late.
I wanted haaland subbed out in the 80th. Alvarez is a better option. We would've scored and not had to do added time and penalties
Can you imagine if that was MBAPE or vini who asked to come out. They would take them apart, they not blaming halland or de burner they only blaming the coach.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
De Bruyne yeah, but Cyborg nah not in a million years
Pep has credibility from winning. ETH needs to develop his man-management skill.
Man city players playing matchea every 3 days and madrid players were chilling after 9 days holidays.. No wonder they are tired...
Some body simply said his players ask for changes that they are tire you guys are out here arguing saying is a lie so what is true now what you are saying or what ?
He let his players down by making such a statement publicly. He threw them under the bus. That discussion, if it was true, was a private matter. He should never have said it publicly. The thing is Pep wants to build a perfect image and won't let the blame come to him at all.
Nah don’t believe him lol
How tf is he getting this much scrutiny, bro ghosted the whole game. He asked the coach to give someone else a go. It's very respectable.
I think Pep is bullshitting.
Im as BAFFLED as Steve.
Halland never turns up in the big games,facts🧐
Pep should have told De Bruyne and Halaand to f-off. Quarter Final against Madrid are you serious.
If he was as strict as he was when he first joined city, haaland wouldnt be playing for the next month.
@alexisfabela5922 KDB and Halaand aren't the only players on that team. Haaland even limped off, ESPN is so dumb for just assuming they were tired. This whole channel is just a joke, always going off rumors. Regardless, Haaland constantly plays every minute, Pep knows he did his best, these journalists and pundits need to shut up, they don't coach the team, and don't know what happened.
115 charges
So is it true?
Knowing Pep it probably is and he did this on purpose to embarrass them because even I agree it's wild to me as your teams so called star striker in one of the most important matches of the season you ask to come off like that's kinda crazy
Thomas Tuchel did a similar thing in 2016 in the DFB Pokal final between Bayern and Dortmund. The game went to penalties and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was the star striker for Dortmund that season, did not want to step up. Tuchel okayed it and instead a defender took his place and missed his shot and Dortmund lost the shootout. Afterwards Mkhitaryan was completely ripped apart by the fans and media, and had to leave the club that summer because the fans never wanted to see him in a Dortmund jersey again after this display of cowardice. It was also one the main reasons that convinced people that Tuchel was not the right manager for Dortmund; he was fired a year later.
Haaland isn't the one who is responsible for their loss, there are other players on the team. Pep never said they were tired, he said they couldn't continue, and Haaland limped off anyway. Pep isn't going to sacrifice Haaland's season because he didn't have I'm his subs.
All 3 players already played games every 3 days and have upcoming Chelsea and EPl in coming days. Fresh legs made alit of sense and to protect DeB, Haaland etc. Basic good management and trust between Manager and Players !
Its more a pep excuse to remove the blame on his stupid setup towards this game and to distract yall from the fact tht rodri is hurendus in the champions league against teams in the qurta finals and semis 😂
Yea right, Rodri was great. Bernardo, Foden and Grealish were terrible, especially Foden.
How on earth is rodry great mate😂namaste
@@mikejones9906Except the penalty Bernardo was good
Didn't Rodri score the only goal for Man City in last years final..
@@user-xh4bw2zc4g thats last year not this year. Rodri gave madrid the ball more than their own players bro it was upsetting no wonder kdb halaand and akanji sub of 🤬
PERFECT example of a team who plays for the badge on their shirt and a FAKE club full of mercenaries. Im not a fan of either team but that is classic. Asking to coming out in a ucl quarters.
This highlights the contrast between a European royalty club like Real Madrid & a plastic oil club like ManCity. Players at Madrid play for the badge, the club's rich history & the passionate fans, whereas ManCity players play for the oil money.
You are Bangladeshi lol this doesn’t involve you.
@@dannytallmage2971 Btw, I'm from India, but it doesn’t change the fact that ManCity is a plastic oil club with zero history and zero fans. Without oil money, they are worse than Luton Town.
Erling haaland was tired? Tired of what? Doing nothing?
They're doing it for attention, just like when pep she's a camera on him. Out you go, 115
Hasland didn't run. Could not have been tired
Pep realize that he wasn’t going to score an it was heading to penalties he has control of the league title cus it’s in his hands and has to win games but the champions league he had no control of an he knew his squad wasn’t good enough to battle on both ends he throw in the towel to go for the league
Only someone from England thinks a league title takes priority over the Champions League.
@@mikejones9906 Because it's the only league title that actually means something. Just look at the current standings. Current points gap between 1st and 2nd + record consecutive titles Bundesliga: 16 pts. record: 11 consecutive titles Ligue 1: 10 pts. record: 7 consecutive titles Serie A: 14 pts. record: 9 consecutive titles La Liga: 8 pts. record: 5 consecutive titles (achieved twice) Premier League: 2 pts. (after a weekend full of upsets) record: 3 consecutive titles So yes, going for a 4th consecutive title and breaking that record still holds value in England, although I don't agree that was the motivation. And no I'm not from England.
@@Axelerati0n NOTHING is more important than the Champions League.
@@mikejones9906 Read it again, I didn't disagree. CL is the most prestigious trophy in football. I merely explained why it's only english fans who would suggest otherwise. Again, I don't agree with them but I understand where it comes from.
@@Axelerati0n It comes from arrogance and ignorance.
Wow, Haaland was supposed to be the next GREAT STRIKER. Now look at him, neutered, useless, tired but give him props in his baby bluesssss
I don't want to see KDB's name next to ANY best midfielder of all time chat PL or otherwise.
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He was injured Haven't played 90 mins for a long time let alone plays the full game and an extra time come on man