Pep Guardiola calls the Argentine attacker “almost undroppable” as Julian Alvarez joins Erling Haaland at the Dream Team conference.

Erling Haaland ($8.2 million) was given priority over Julian Alvarez ($4.3 million) in his first season at Manchester City.

The two have combined as successful equals this season to dominate Dream Team.

Even though he hasn’t been at his clinical best, the prolific Norwegian has continued to be the engine driving Pep Guardiola’s winning team. After six games, he has seven goals to his credit.

The Argentina international has adapted well to the No. 10 position, where he can exercise his creative abilities while also adding another goal threat.

And it was Alvarez who, on Tuesday night, with a second-half brace, ignited City’s eventual comeback triumph over Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade).

The 23-year-old added 21 points to the eight he had against West Ham at the weekend thanks to his efforts.

With 29 points in one Gameweek, he shot up the ranks to second place overall, right behind Haaland.

Alvarez has scored four goals and contributed five assists in six games for a total of 59 points, nine fewer than Haaland.

Few Dream Team managers would have guessed that the World Cup winner would play every minute of every game during the first five Gameweeks (the Super Cup was not a Dream Team qualified fixture), given that he was regularly used as a substitute last season.

With Jack Grealish (£4.4m), Bernardo Silva (£3.6m), and now Kevin De Bruyne (£6.7m) all out with injuries, Alvarez’s minutes are all but guaranteed for the foreseeable future.

More than anything, his performance has elevated him to a prominent position on the squad roster.

At the weekend, Guardiola even went so far as to call Alvarez “almost undroppable”—but that was before he once again delivered in the Champions League.

When Pep himself describes one of his players as “almost undroppable,” it’s as much of a green light as one could wish for. Dream Team managers’ main concern with City assets is that they might unexpectedly run afoul of Pep Roulette and end up on the bench.

Although Odsonne Edouard (£2.8m) deserves credit, a front three of Haaland, Alvarez, and Mohamed Salah (£6.6m) now seems very enticing.

It is uncommon for a Dream Team asset classified as a striker to be such a good choice when they are playing in a deeper role and are obviously not their team’s top goal threat, but Man City’s dominance causes such peculiarities.

In place of Haaland or Alvarez in the past, there is now Haaland and Alvarez.