MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Erling Haaland is blameless for the fact that he has struggled to impose himself in Manchester City's recent matches, coach Pep Guardiola said on Friday, insisting the Norwegian's team mates must find him more often.
Haaland has scored 32 goals in all competitions in a remarkable debut season in England, but has netted just once in his last six matches.
"It's our fault," Guardiola told a news conference on Friday looking ahead to this weekend's Premier League trip to Bournemouth. "Yes of course, it depends on us. We need to look for him a little more. Striker is the most difficult position, one man has two defenders and with Erling it's more. It's fine , I'm frustrated too. Happiness is overestimated!"
Arsenal hold a two-point lead going into the weekend's matches, but Guardiola admitted, without naming them, that Manchester United cannot be discounted in third.
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