Guardiola lowers expectations from Man City's Haaland hailing Alvarez

Expectation upon

has risen rapidly after an outstanding back-to-back hattrick against

and Nottingham Forest, making the Sky Sports pundit

back him to be one of the best players the

has ever seen.

However, his

boss played down the rising expectations on Haaland,

told his pre-match conference: "

I admire all the people that can anticipate what is going to happen in the future, I'm not able to do it.

"One month ago it was a disaster because of the Community Shield, now he's going to break absolutely everything. I'm not able to anticipate absolutely everything that is going to happen.

"I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow, so to imagine what is going to happen in one, two, three years? We are delighted because he has settled well, not just Erling but all the new players.

"First and foremost, the backroom staff especially, it's so important how they help to adapt, to settle quickly with the new players. It's really good and that's why it is easy, that's why it is the most important thing."

Haaland is not the only new face in the City's spotlight.

netted a brace against

with Guardiola heaping praise upon the Argentine.

"We are more than delighted that the club bought these two fantastic strikers, we're very pleased with Julian," he added.

"He scored one with his right, one with his left foot, both finishes were amazing. The work ethic, it's really good, really good that we have the two of them and in many games they will play together, that's for sure."

The Citizens will travel to

for their next Premier League game on Saturday.

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