Haaland

2023 - 2 - 15

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Haaland, City's Nordic Terminator, is both scalpel and bludgeon at ... (The Guardian)

Something has clicked for the Manchester City forward Erling Haaland in the past two games, with deeper gears to his attacking movements.

The self-image here is more antihero, more Hans Gruber in Die Hard: charming, successful, and convinced right up to the final wide-eyed reckoning that they are in fact the hero of this movie; that this is all a glorious underdog tale. When City stumbled in January it was all too easy to suggest Haaland-ism was the problem. The finish was just sublime, whipped instantly over Aaron Ramsdale, a moment of beautifully cruel precision. His left-footed backpass was scuffed horribly into the path of Kevin De Bruyne, who had a chance to score from that position, but not an easy one. Two minutes in, City’s chief attacking threat could be seen wading through two players out on the right touchline: moving with fearsome speed, but also nimble enough to skip left and right keeping the ball. But Haaland in particular looks like a man ready to devour the season from here. There has been a slight mania about Pep’s us-and-them take on City’s financial charges, the instant tribalism, the Darwinist sense of impunity. He ran through and indeed over the red shirts; but also moved sweetly and cleverly off the ball, producing a performance of all-round central attacking craft in the biggest game of the Premier League season to date. This is a club that seems to feel comfortable being cast as the villain, albeit not as a classic villain. By the end, as the blue shirts drove the game into painful spaces, as Haaland turned and rolled in City’s third goal in a 3-1 victory there was a sense of ignition. But he was utterly engaged here, out on his white line feeding on the energy. The Emirates had been a fevered place at kick-off.

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Erling Haaland 'couldn't remember' Pep Guardiola's tactical tweaks ... (Daily Mail)

Erling Haaland admitted he could not remember the crucial half-time adjustments Pep Guardiola made to inspire Manchester City's 3-1 win away at Arsenal.

In first-half they had one more man in midfield, we struggled to control.' [Arsenal](/sport/teampages/arsenal.html) were the better side for large periods of the first half in Wednesday's battle between the title favourites, but went in at the break level at 1-1 after [Bukayo Saka](/sport/bukayo-saka/index.html)'s penalty cancelled out Kevin De Bruyne's opener. 'Second-half we were more like we are. Guardiola admitted his tactics in the first half were 'horrible' before making the adjustments [Spaniard admitted to having had 'horrible tactics' in the first half](/sport/football/article-11756311/Pep-Guardiola-blames-Man-Citys-poor-half-performance-versus-Arsenal-HORRIBLE-tactics.html). [Manchester City's 3-1 win away at Arsenal](/sport/football/article-11755449/Arsenal-1-3-Man-City-Pep-Guardiolas-Premier-League.html).

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Haaland equals club record as City go top of the table (Premier League)

Norwegian scores his 26th goal of the season to secure pivotal 3-1 victory at Arsenal.

[Pep Guardiola](https://www.premierleague.com/managers/5285/Pep-Guardiola/overview)'s side regained their lead in the 72nd minute when Haaland and [Ilkay Gundogan](https://www.premierleague.com/players/5101/Ilkay-G%C3%BCndogan/stats) combined to set up [Jack Grealish](https://www.premierleague.com/players/4260/Jack-Grealish/stats). [Unai Emery](https://www.premierleague.com/managers/7247/Unai-Emery/overview), would take them back to the top of the table before Man City visit [Nottingham Forest](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/15/Nottingham-Forest/overview), with the champions targeting a fifth win in six matches. [Ederson](https://www.premierleague.com/players/12707/Ederson/stats) fouled [Eddie Nketiah](https://www.premierleague.com/players/14451/Eddie-Nketiah/stats), and [Bukayo Saka](https://www.premierleague.com/players/49481/Bukayo-Saka/stats) converted the penalty, maintaining his 100 per cent record from the spot with four goals from four attempts. [Aston Villa](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/2/Aston-Villa/overview) in the early kick-off. [Jorginho](https://www.premierleague.com/players/5682/Jorginho/stats) stepped in to fill Partey's anchor role in midfield, making his first Premier League start for the Gunners, while [Takehiro Tomiyasu](https://www.premierleague.com/players/115169/Takehiro-Tomiyasu/stats) replaced [Ben White](https://www.premierleague.com/players/14548/Ben-White/stats) at right-back. [Cesc Fabregas](https://www.premierleague.com/players/2417/Cesc-F%C3%A0bregas/stats), at 22 years 237 days. [Mikel Arteta](https://www.premierleague.com/managers/53055/Mikel-Arteta/overview) might have rued that change in his defence when Tomiyasu gifted City the opening goal in the 24th minute, under-hitting a backpass and allowing [Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.premierleague.com/players/4288/Kevin-De-Bruyne/stats) to lob an exquisite finish over [Aaron Ramsdale](https://www.premierleague.com/players/13703/Aaron-Ramsdale/stats). [Thomas Partey](https://www.premierleague.com/players/4936/Thomas-Partey/stats) ruled out, while conversely City had good news with [Haaland](https://www.premierleague.com/players/65970/Erling-Haaland/stats) fit to start after an injury scare. [Sergio Aguero](https://www.premierleague.com/players/4328/Sergio-Ag%C3%BCero/stats)'s tally from 2014/15. [Manchester City](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/11/Manchester-City/overview) record as the champions inflicted [Arsenal](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/1/Arsenal/overview)'s first home defeat of the season and leapfrogged their title rivals into top spot. [Sign in](#!) [](#!) [No Room For Racism](/NoRoomForRacism)

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Haaland: 'We played an amazing game!' (Manchester City FC)

Erling Haaland has praised City's aggressive, determined and clincial display to secure a 3-1 Premier League victory over Arsenal.

[de Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) struck the opener shortly before the half-hour mark, before Bukayo Saka levelled from the penalty spot shortly before the interval. "For me we have to play a little more like this sometimes, that’s exactly what we did today. "It was so positive [at full-time]. There were happy celebrations right after the game. "That’s my life [goals]. I'll do my best.

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Erling Haaland fit to start for Man City against Arsenal (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Prolific striker Erling Haaland was in the starting lineup for Manchester City in the top-of-the-table match against Arsenal in the Premier League despite ...

Prolific striker Erling Haaland was in the starting lineup for Manchester City in the top-of-the-table match against Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday despite picking up an injury in the previous game. Arsenal was three points ahead of second-place City going into the game, with the Gunners having having played one match less. Erling Haaland fit to start for Man City against Arsenal

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Haaland jokes 'it's been 20 minutes since I last scored' after ending ... (Yahoo Eurosport UK)

Erling Haaland made light of his longest goalscoring drought as a Manchester City player after netting in Wednesday's crucial 3-1 Premier League win over ...

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Erling Haaland can't remember Pep Guardiola's crucial team talk ... (Daily Star)

Erling Haaland played an instrumental role as Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-1 - but he couldn't even remember what Pep Guardiola had told him and his ...

But we played an amazing game and got three important games - we're in it again." I'm so proud I have to say, of every single guy. Guardiola's tactical changes worked a treat - even if Haaland couldn't remember what they were. Explaining how they'd won the match after full-time, he told Amazon Prime: "Small adjustments at half-time from Pep, in the end we have quality and we need to get it from every single player, which is what we did today." He said: "I think we have to play a bit more like this [street wise] and that's exactly what we did today. [Erling Haaland](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/erling-haaland) forgot [Pep Guardiola](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/pep-guardiola)'s half-time team talk despite it inspiring [Manchester City](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/manchester-city-fc) to a 3-1 victory over [Arsenal](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/arsenal-fc).

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Erling Haaland comes out with brilliant line in post-match interview (Pundit Arena)

Erling Haaland came out with some brilliant lines in his post-match interview after Manchester City defeated Arsenal on Wednesday night.

“My celebration was on point for me as well. “Now it’s already gone 15 minutes since I scored the last goal, so I’m already on one (a goal drought) again. And then the next game is in two-and-a-half days, there will probably be something else to say, but hopefully not.

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Man Utd fans proven wrong over Erling Haaland 'copying' Marcus ... (Daily Star)

Erling Haaland's goal celebration against Arsenal drew comparisons to Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, but all was not as it had initially seemed to Red ...

Let us know in the Haaland finished the scoring as Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night, a result which sent them top of the Premier League on goal difference. During his recent scoring streak, the England forward has been celebrating each goal by pointing to the side of his head and staring into the crowd after running to the corner flag. Embarrassing from United fanboys.” One supporter wrote: “Haaland did that before Rashford.” Another added: “Sorry but this is embarrassing. After turning inside the box to sweep the ball into the far corner, Haaland celebrated by pointing to the side of his head as he ran towards the corner flag.

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Why Erling Haaland was flagged offside and Marcus Rashford was ... (SPORTbible)

The offside call involving Erling Haaland against Arsenal has been compared to Marcus Rashford's controversial role in Manchester United's equaliser against ...

Getting a lot of tweets saying "how can Rashford be onside but Haaland off when neither of them touched the ball? [Arsenal levelled through Bukayo Saka's penalty ](https://www.sportbible.com/football/arsenal-man-city-ederson-nketiah-penalty-fan-reaction-616081-20230215)in the first half but after conceding twice in the second half, have now gone three games without a win in the league and need to respond against Aston Villa on Saturday. They said he is not interfering with the play but in future decision can be interpreted differently." What is the point of writing these rules when you clearly make it up as you go????" One wrote: "Said exactly this in the ground to my lad last night. Only last month City were livid with the decision to award Bruno Fernandes' goal in the Manchester derby despite

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How many goals Erling Haaland needs to match Mohamed Salah ... (Liverpool.com)

Manchester City's Erling Haaland scored his 28th non-penalty goal of the season to help his side beat Arsenal 3-1, closing in on Mohamed Salah's Liverpool ...

[Premier League's](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-barcelona-fsg-premier-league-26248549) record scorer with 260 goals, is only five ahead (33 in 1995/96), alongside former Liverpool striker Fernando Torres (2007/08). [A Visual Game](https://twitter.com/avisualgame) on Twitter shows that Haaland only needs two more match Wayne Rooney (2009/10), three more to equal [Luis Suárez](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/luis-suarez-liverpool-merseyside-derby-26234238) (2013/14) and four more to tie Thierry Henry (2003/04). [Sadio Mané](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-firmino-mane-rio-ferdinand-26131725) (26 in 2018/19) in this leaderboard, scored Manchester City's third on goal on the night to seal the victory and move level with predecessor Sergio Agüero on 28. [Manchester City's](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/klopp-guardiola-liverpool-man-city-26207915) 3-1 victory over [Arsenal](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-saka-arsenal-champions-league-26178876) on Wednesday night, [Erling Haaland](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-erling-haaland-de-bruyne-26243740) hit 28, surpassing Sturridge's best-ever haul in just over half a season. [Liverpool already has exciting USMNT prospect who could soon enter Jürgen Klopp radar](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-usmnt-prospect-jurgen-klopp-26254988) [Liverpool beat Man United to bargain transfer as Jürgen Klopp finds Sadio Mané replacement](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-man-united-klopp-mane-26120217)

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