Erling Haaland

2022 - 8 - 7

Erling Haaland won't solve all Manchester City's problems - Pep ... (ESPN)

Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland will 'not solve all our problems' and claimed he wants to make the 22-year-old a better player.

"When he scores two, he wants three, when he scores three, he wants four. "I don't know him much, so we need time, but I know how he handled criticism this week and he was really calm. "He is a threat for us now, but he is not going to solve all our problems.

'A bit s*** to be honest' - Erling Haaland disappointed not to score ... (Eurosport.com)

Erling Haaland may have got off to a flyer on his Premier League debut but the Norway international was disappointed not to have scored a hat-trick.

The way we are going to play we are not going to change much. He doesn’t want to get too involved with the build-up but when it comes in the box he’s alive. He has a long career and when he's going to retire we will analyse what he has done. He added: "City’s passing and the way they wore West Ham down, who are no mugs. People were saying he's not going to adapt to the Premier League and everyone laughed at him. “It was a good start.

Erling Haaland Passes His First Premier League Test With Ease (Sports Illustrated)

The Norwegian star scored twice in his league debut with the club in a season-opening 2–0 win over West Ham.

“In the past we didn't have a reference like him and now have it again but at the same time the guys have to put the ball there, especially in transitions. “But at the same time he's not going to solve all our problems, he's going to add something to us as a team. He didn’t even need to take a touch before setting up to shoot, such was the weight of the pass, and such was the technique required to score. Instead of attempting to round the keeper, he opened his hips and calmly used his left to pick out the back post. There’s an acknowledgement that with Haaland in tow, City’s ceiling must be raised—which is saying something for a club that has won four of the last five Premier League titles—and as a result, the goals and wins must flow. But such is the scrutiny of his move from Borussia Dortmund to Man City, and such is the pressure on him to deliver under Pep Guardiola, that every performance of his will fall under the spotlight.

Why Erling Haaland Can Avoid The 'Bundesliga Tax' (Forbes)

Manchester City's new signing Erling Haaland scored roughly a goal every game in the Bundesliga. Strikers are often not as prolific once they move to the ...

And one factor that benefits Haaland is that he is joining a team that creates a lot of goalscoring chances. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s record at Borussia Dortmund is probably most comparable with Haaland’s. Aubameyang scored 31 goals in 32 games in his final full season at Dortmund. His spell at Arsenal might have ended badly, but in his first two-and-a-half seasons in London, he scored 54 goals in 85 games. He was scoring almost twice as frequently in Germany as he has been since moving to Chelsea, where his ten Premier League goals have come at a rate of one every 389 minutes. That’s bad news for Nottingham Forest’s new signing Taiwo Awoniyi, who scored 15 league goals for Union Berlin last season, but it is good news for Erling Haaland. The German international bagged 86 goals in 219 Bundesliga games for Leipzig and VfB Stuttgart at a rate of one goal every 179 minutes. The pair only managed three Premier League goals between them last season, although that might be down to them joining teams that ended up getting relegated.

Erling Haaland, welcome to the Premier League (The Athletic)

On his Premier League debut for Manchester City, Erling Haaland scored two goals but his link-up play and movement were also impressive.

And so he was left to reflect on his debut. Finishing left and right, with his head, the movements.” Haaland immediately grabbed the ball and his composed finish grazed the inside of the post. And of course, there were examples when he was downright dangerous with his interplay. “I’ve been thinking of this my whole life, running behind to time it perfectly,” Haaland said during pre-season. And so did Haaland, who seized upon his chance and finished with certainty. On one occasion, the fans were praising his father with a rendition of, “There’s only one Alfie Haaland” as he did so. It’s impossible to say now whether it will be like this more often than not, but it was a pretty ominous start for the rest of the league, and Europe’s finest. Haaland darted in behind and took the ball around goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, who brought him down. He’s a guy with incredible talent to score goals, but we would like to add something more to his game, to be a better player. So a passing accuracy of 91 per cent is pretty promising. A perfect example came just after the hour-mark.

Erling Haaland sets out frightening marker as he scores brace in ... (CNN)

Erling Haaland's game seems tailormade for the Premier League, and he displayed why on Sunday afternoon in London.

To be so confident, I like it." Nice that he [his dad Alfie] saw both goals as it is a big moment for me as a debutant in this competition. There were some good celebrations, so I'm happy.