{"id":293181,"date":"2023-09-19T23:20:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293181"},"modified":"2023-09-19T23:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:20:07","slug":"ally-mccoist-hails-superb-man-city-forward-julian-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ally-mccoist-hails-superb-man-city-forward-julian-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Ally McCoist hails &apos;superb&apos; Man City forward Julian Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ally McCoist hails &#8216;superb&#8217; Julian Alvarez as the Man City strikes twice against Crvena Zvezda&#8230; insisting the Argentine has gone &#8216;under the radar&#8217; despite his success<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Julian Alvarez scored twice in Man City&#8217;s 3-1 victory against Red Star Belgrade\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ally McCoist praised the forward&#8217;s &#8216;superb&#8217; display in the Champions League\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Julian Alvarez&#8217;s performance in Manchester City&#8217;s 3-1 win over Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League was hailed by Ally McCoist, after the Argentine scored twice at the Etihad.<\/p>\n<p>Man City fought back from a goal down to beat the Serbian champions in their opening Champions League group match.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez brought Man City level in the opening minutes of the second half after\u00a0Osman Bukari gave the visitors a shock lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine ran onto a through ball from Erling Haaland, before rounding\u00a0Red Star keeper Omri Glazer and scoring from a narrow angle.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez was then credited with Man City&#8217;s second goal after\u00a0Glazer punched the forward&#8217;s free kick into the net in the 60th minute, before Rodri added a third for the reigning champions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/22\/75615441-12537709-image-a-32_1695160143246.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Julian Alvarez struck twice for Man City in their Champions League win over Red Star Belgrade<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/22\/75615443-12537709-image-a-33_1695160148933.jpg\" height=\"392\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Argentine forward rounded goalkeeper\u00a0Omri Glazer to score a superb equaliser<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/22\/75615499-12537709-image-a-34_1695160171981.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ally McCoist suggested Alvarez&#8217;s performances continue to go under the radar at Man City<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>McCoist suggested that Alvarez&#8217;s performances still tend to be overlooked compared to his Man City team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite the Argentine last season the first player to win the World Cup and a European Treble in the same campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought he was superb tonight,&#8217; said McCoist on TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is a crazy thing to say, but I think he went a little under the radar despite the trophies he has won the last two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What I meant was if you think of Man City\u2019s key figures, you think of the goalkeeper, [Ruben] Dias, Rodri, Haaland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Alvarez might not immediately spring to mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In form like that he would be very difficult to keep out of that side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The way they move the front three, with [Phil] Foden and [Jeremy] Doku when he came on, they are all very comfortable switching.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is turning into a very important and key player for City.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has scored four goals in eight matches at the start of his second season at Man City, having netted against Newcastle and Fulham in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez has scored 21 goals and provided nine assists during his 57 appearances for Pep Guardiola\u2019s side to date.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12537709\/Ally-McCoist-Julian-Alvarez-Man-City-Red-Star-Belgrade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ally McCoist hails &#8216;superb&#8217; 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