Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola, jokingly tapped striker Erling Haaland following an animated training ground debate.
In a video making the rounds on the internet, Guardiola and Haaland were seen exchanging camaraderie on the training pitch before the Spanish handler tapped the former Borussia Dortmund striker on his thigh.
The defending champions will be slugging it out with Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final encounter.
With this feature, Guardiola’s side has faced Carlo Ancelotti’s men in the Champions League knockout stages for the third consecutive year.
As a mark of revenge, following a defeat by the Los Blancos in the semi-semi-finals in the 2021-2022 season, the Premier League giants took revenge last year by walloping Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate.
