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'Perfection doesn't exist, it's impossible. But we must try to look there,' Guardiola said. 'We did good, we can do better. Many, many players made sloppy passes. This is not good. We have to be more consistent.
'I like that he's more involved, but don't forget his biggest talent is to put the ball in the net. He has incredible instincts that the ball will arrive and it comes from his mum 2022世界杯法国夺冠打破魔咒 and dad, he was born with that.'
Haaland's father, Alfie, was spotted dancing the 'Poznan' — where supporters turn their back on the game and bounce up and down — during the second half. Haaland and Foden both took a different match ball home with them.


Erling Haaland also scored his third Premier League hat-trick of the season on Sunday

'What I like in the last period of the game is he is involved,' Guardiola added.
'It was nice. On Friday, I felt it in the whole training ground. It's these games I want to play in. These are the best games where there's a bit extra.
Haaland believes a disappoint 世界杯足球 ing debut for City, in the Community Shield defeat by Liverpool, proved a catalyst for his stunning start.
The City manager was unimpressed with some 'sloppiness' from his players, even though they put six goals past Manchester United with hat-tricks from Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.

Pep Guardiola admitted there was still room for improvement after thrashing Man United 6-3
United scored three times in the second half to take some of the gloss off City's performance.
'He said (earlier in the season), “I prefer to touch the ball five times and score five goals”. I don't like that, I want him to touch the ball more and more.

'My confidence is good, it's always been good,' Haaland said. 'After we played against Liverpool in the Community Shield it was still good after. It was good that match happened, I thought: I have to be a bit more ready.

The Manchester City manager said: 'Some players were not good today and have to improve'
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Haaland's phenomenal record in England continued after he scored a third consecutive home hat-trick, the only player ever to achieve that feat. He also obliterated the record for the quickest player to score three hat-tricks in the top flight. Haaland, 22, now has 14 goals in eight league appearances.

The champions, the only side not to have lost so far this season, are a point behind league leaders Arsenal.
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'It could've been more and in the second half we should've been tighter, worked a bit harder, because it was a bit sloppy at times. We lost the second half and this is not good so we still have to work.'

Typically, Pep Guardiola picked holes in Manchester City's mauling of their bitter rivals.
Guardiola added: 'We have this incredible sense that Erling always looks starving and is so competitive. The numbers are scary, honestly. He came here and realised, “Oh, these guys, my mates, run like an animal and I have to do it too”. He will have a break. There will be games he does not play.'
'In some areas we were still not good, the simple things still we are not good enough. We are losing easy ba 2022年世界杯魔咒 lls. We still conceded some actions for the opponent with simple things we were not doing well.'

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'I felt before the (United) game that something special was going to happen and we saw today that some special things happened.


Phil Foden (left) netted a hat-trick as City dominated their local rivals at the Etihad Stadium |
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