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Julian Alvarez is indeed unable to compete with Haaland in the race for the main seat at the Man City club. But Julian Alvarez is really helpful as a second tier player at Man City. because Alvarez's qualities are not much different from Haaland in other respects except in goal productivity. Julian Alvarez chose to leave because he could get the main place at the current club, namely Atletico Madrid. But things didn't go smoothly at first at Atletico Madrid. because he rarely scores goals there. but here he got better and can be relied on there.
Meanwhile, Haaland made a good record at the start of this season and scored several hat tricks at Man City. But that did happen at the start of this season. And now Haaland is starting to lose his productivity. But even so, Haaland is still the best and is still the top scorer in the Premier League at the moment. I think it's just a matter of time until he returns to being sharp again in Man City's attack line.
Julian Alvarez is a talented young player, it is very unfortunate if a player like Julian Alvarez only gets a little playing time. And he got that when he played for Man City, Alvarez was only given a little playing time because the coach always gave the main position to Erling Hallad. Hallad was never replaced even though Alvarez was there, and this is what made Alvarez decide to leave Man City and join Atletico. Alvarez just needs more playing time, because it greatly affects his football career.
And indeed at this time Man City is experiencing quite serious problems because some of their key players have to suffer injuries. So that makes Man City's midfield less creative and City's defense a little fragile. And this is something that should not have happened, if only some time ago before the season started, Man City did not downsize its squad.