The Norwegian had gone three games without scoring before facing Arsenal. In the aforementioned match, he scored the final winning goal which helped the Citizens rise to the top spot in the premiership.
Erling Haaland is unstoppable in the Premier League. The front He managed to seal the victory for his team with a right-footed shot inside the box, at minute 82 . In this way, Manchester City managed to rise to first place in the competition, overtaking goal difference at Arsenal. The Norwegian came from three games without scoring Given this, he took advantage of the joke in the statements after the game.
The ram was consulted about the aforementioned “drought”, to which Haaland replied sarcastically: “I haven’t dialed in 20 minutes so I gotta keep working ”. Android already has 26 goals in this league, nine more than his nearest rival, Harry Kane. Plus he’s alone eight goals to equal the record for goals in the same Premier League owned by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer with 3.4 . This, yes, Haaland still has 15 dates to break the mark .
Afterwards, the 22-year-old striker commented: “The goal was very positive, a very happy celebration and I’m very happy with everything. We needed this win and now we have to keep going because that’s what Manchester City have to do.” With the aforementioned victory, the citizens they tied Arsenal at the top, with 51 points and with a goal difference advantage, yes, the gunners They still have a date pending.
“I think we can all agree that Arsenal have been the better team this season, so coming here and playing against them is not easy.” The former Borussia Dortmund player pointed this out about those led by Mikel Arteta, who have been league leaders for much of the season. “We played an incredible game and got three very important points” added later.
Finally, the 9th of the citizen team was asked about the tactics that Pep Guardiola had adjusted at half-time, to which he replied curiously: “He made some adjustments. But honestly, I don’t remember, I’m very happy, but at the moment I don’t remember.”
The one who praised the Gunner’s game was his own coach, who after the game said: “Erling helped us a lot because they were marking us man to man, he was very aggressive and used his power to win those balls, that’s why we were able to win the game.”
Erling Haaland was quick to adapt to the team led by Pep Guardiola. In his first season with this jersey, the Norwegian scored 32 goals In 30 games , among all competitions. Its average is 1.07 which is not new for him, since in Dortmund he scored 86 dots In 89 encounters (0.97) while recording at RB Salzburg 29 targets In 27 times also giving an average of 1.07 .
Moreover, he has already four hat trick in his first year, the same amount he achieved in the German team, and one less than what he achieved in Salzburg (5). For the next meeting, the Town will have to visit the Nottingham Forest , to whom he has already made a hat-trick in the first round. This clash will be saturday 18 February at noon.
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