Guardiola defends Haaland after Man City debut against Liverpool

lost 3-1 against

on Saturday and

failed to score on his debut but Guardiola says he is confident his star striker will score plenty of goals during the season.

"He had chances, two or three in the first half, one at the end, fought a lot, made the movements,"

he told a news conference.

"Good for him to see the reality, a new country, new league. He was there. Today he didn't score, other days he will score.

"No [worries about the chances that he missed]. He has the quality. He has an incredible sense. We had just two weeks, the team was good in the States. I am really comfortable. The season starts now.”

Haaland missed a good chance in the last minutes of the match in front of the goal but Guardiola says he has no concerns about him.

"He is strong, he missed it, another time he would put it in the net. What is the problem? It happened, it is football,"

he added.

"There was another goal disallowed because the ball was out of the line and he scored. He would do it. It's good to understand sometimes, he needs that situation to understand okay, this is what to do. It's good.

"I am not concerned or worried about that. He would be happy if we won, he scored goals, everyone would be, but the reality is it is a long 11 months.

"We have two, three months ahead of us before the World Cup, so intense, and then after that, this season is every three days, four days, and Erling is going to score, I am sure of it."

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