Man City boss Guardiola rejects Keane's Haaland claims

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has hit back at Roy Keane about his recent comments.

Keane spoke about Manchester City forward Erling Haaland in unflattering terms.

After City's 0-0 draw with Arsenal, Keane described Haaland as a League Two player when he wasn't scoring.

I'm not agreeing with him," said Guardiola to reporters.

Absolutely not. It's like if I said he's a manager for the second or third league. I don't think so.

So he's the best striker in the world and he helped us to win what we won last season and the reason why we don't create many chances is not because of Erling.

We needed more presence in the final third with more people and we played an exceptional game against Arsenal. I reviewed it. We just missed more people in the final third, maybe for the quality and different skills we have, but Erling is exceptional."