The Norweigan striker Erling Haaland has been in goalscoring form since he arrived at Man City in 2022. The son of Man City legend Alfie Haaland has won a lot of trophies and also a treble which surprised a lot of fans and his rival clubs. Erling Haaland is one of the most ruthless finishers in football.
His strength and his speed as a striker in football is incomparable to other footballers. His finishing, his charging toward the net, and his heading have been an X factor for Man City. Although, they have won a lot of trophies due to his brilliance. His trembling speed can devastate any defender in the Premier League. However, he’s been lacking some goals in the big leagues as he has been sloppy and unconfident against the big leagues and big defenders.
Erling Haaland’s stats in the Man City
The striker came on July 30th, 2022 where he lost to Liverpool 3-1 for the Community Shield title. Since then Haaland has been in form ever since. He scored fifty-two goals in 2022 which helped Man City so far to win the Premier League. As for personal glory, Haaland has also won the Golden Boot in 2023. However, he lost the Ballon d’Or to Messi in 2023.
Although Haaland this season in the Premier League has scored nineteen goals in twenty-five games with five assists. Averaging his goal ratio with 0.76 goals per game. His goalscoring abilities have been helping him to score a lot against those small teams he scored against Luton Town where he scored four goals and and secured a big victory for the club leaving the club demolished.
Haaland’s absence against the big teams
Although Haaland’s game against the small teams is good, somehow his performance against the big teams is not helpful and productive at all. In his last appearances against the big teams like Real Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Tottenham Haaland hasn’t found the net, yet remained goalless. Haaland’s performance against Van Dijk, Saliba, Gabriel, and Rudiger has been quiet ever since he faced them. The only big club Haaland has scored against is Man United where he once scored a hat trick against that club.
Haaland’s latest game against Real Madrid where he was almost pocketed by Rudiger in terms of aerials, and shots has been terrible enough to believe he’s Erling Haaland. Against Van Dijk, Gabriel, and Saliba his performance has been declined due to his absence in the quality of his performance. The next challenge for Haaland is when he faces Real Madrid again in the second leg of the semis, where he will meet Rudiger again.
Erling Haaland has not only pocketed by defenders but also missed many chances where he costed City many goals. His decline in form may concern Pep Guardiola to start Julian Alvarez in the starting lineup. Therefore, there are many rumors where he might shift to Real Madrid anytime in future. Alongside, with this attitude in the future this might change the fact that Erling Haaland is the best striker in the Man City squad.
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