Brighton and Hove Albion were left furious after they were denied a penalty against Manchester City in the second half of their Premier League clash.
06.04.2024 - 06:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Julian Alvarez has won pretty much everything there is to win as a player, so much so that he doesn't know exactly where all his medals are.
"Some are in Argentina and some are in the UK," he says, although he does know where his World Cup winner's medal is - locked away in a 'special cabinet' back in his home country. This is a player who is a world and continental champion for club and country, a treble winner and a teammate of the best players in the world. Alvarez has 13 major trophies at an average of one every 18 appearances for club and country.
But he still can't hold down a regular position in the Manchester City team. For Argentina, he is the industrial number nine to allow Lionel Messi to shine as the world's best number 10.
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At City, he is second choice at both nine and 10 behind Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne. Yet he scores goals wherever he plays, with 16 this season from 43 appearances along with a club-high of 13 assists. In total for City he averages a goal or assist every 107 minutes. Not bad for a back-up.
This season only Phil Foden has played more games for City but that is as a result of De Bruyne and Haaland's various injury troubles. When both are fit, Alvarez has dropped out to the bench. Despite his increased playing time this term, Alvarez wants to further establish himself in Pep Guardiola's plans. He will do whatever he must for the team, but isn't shy of declaring his ambitions to play more as the central striker.
“I played more this season – the first year I had
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