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Erling Haaland was restricted to only 21 dashes of the ball in Tuesday night's Heroes Association semi-last conflict against Genuine Madrid much obliged, to some extent, to the touch-tight shielding of Antonio Rudiger.
The 30-year-old German place back used to rawness to close down the going after danger of Haaland, who was given a severe 3/10 rating from Spanish distribution Marca for Tuesday night's exhibition.
In his post-match appraisal of the game, BT Game savant Joleon Lescott summarized Rudiger's trip flawlessly.
"You can be forceful however you must have the strength and the capacity," he said. "We've seen players attempt to be forceful however not have the option to match the strength and the speed, while Rudiger thought of himself as disengaged.
We were watching him [Rudiger] when the ball was not even close to him, pulling Haaland's shirt, pushing him around. It's an example to proceed however I don't figure each middle half can adopt that strategy."
As Lescott referenced on air, previous Chelsea safeguard Rudiger should have been visible pushing Haaland around, in any event, when the ball was somewhere else.
As a matter of fact, fan film from the Bernabeu shows the Genuine Madrid safeguard pushing Haaland in the back in a bid to disrupt the Head Association's top goalscorer.
In his post-match interview, Rudiger sloped up the brain games by saying Enthusiasm Guardiola's side were "not hazardous" all through the semi-last first leg.
"We got the objective a piece late so we feel a piece like we might have out with more," he told beIN Sports after the game. "Yet, it's no issue, the tie is most certainly on and we can go with certainty to Manchester.
As the Norwegian smacks him away, Rudiger rehashes similar stunt on the opposite side of his body, constraining Haaland to send an arm and elbow to drive him away.
Ultimately, Rudiger leaves yet the extremely close man-checking position obviously got under Haaland's skin.
City's driving goalscorer didn't see as the net yet Kevin De Bruyne did, counterbalancing a rocket from Vinicius Junior to guarantee the two groups head to the Etihad Arena for next Wednesday's return locked at 1-1.
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