The Norwegian sent in a brace in the win over Sevilla in the debut of the new version of Europe’s top club tournament. He does it as if nothing had happened and as usual for several seasons. In his feet, and especially in his coldness, hide a good part of the aspirations of the millionaire English team.
How you are, where you are and from where you are. It gives the impression that Erling Haaland will never have problems defining himself. Other considerations may be added. On any ground, in any competition, and against any rival they put in front of them. The result is destined to be the same: a Viking goal. It has aired for several seasons. From his steps through Molde, in Norway, his country, and Salzburg, in Austria, to his period already devoted to Borussia Dortmund. In Germany, indeed, he was tired of converting.
The goal for Haaland seems to be an inexhaustible resource. After triumphing in the Bundesliga, he took the plunge. In June, Manchester City announced him as their main signing for this season. The numbers, like almost all those linked to the English team, are stratospheric: 60 million for the pass to the German national team and 20 million of the community currency for each of the five seasons in which the player will shine at the Etihad Stadium . However, despite their bulky appearance, it is already possible to think that the English club paid little to recruit a level-sized figure .
Haaland was the figure behind the Citizens’ victory over Sevilla. He scored two goals, in the 20th minute and the 67th minute. In both annotations he showed the coldness that characterizes him. And he added a new cape to his personal record: with the light blue jersey he added a new start as a goalscorer in the Champions League to those he had already registered with Salzburg and Dortmund. However, this data seems only anecdotal in the face of the crazy season that the shredder Josep Guardiola has begun to aspire to the big goal he has in suspense: to win the Champions League with the billionaire English team.
Figures that impact
To say that almost everything he touches turns into a goal in Haaland’s case doesn’t seem unreasonable. In this season, its productivity is simply impressive. The striker has scored 12 goals in 8 games. The top 10, from his six Premier League appearances: hat-tricks against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forrest, a double against West Ham United and individual goals against Newcastle United and Aston Villa.
It can be said, also without fear of exaggeration or inaccuracy, that Haaland has done it all on the pitch: he has scored home and away goals, he is the undisputed top scorer in the Premier League and he also contributed the help article.
Incidentally, his productivity dispelled the main doubt hovering when City began efforts to sign him: his adaptation to the idea of Guardiola’s game, which favors the most associative players. The most skeptical, in fact, said that the striker was much more accustomed to playing on the counter-attack, to taking advantage of the spaces that his rivals offered him with his power. This description does not at all correspond to Pep’s flagship proposal, which, in addition, favors possession of the ball. Likewise, they pointed out that one of Haaland’s main virtues is his drive to improve. And he had. “His progress in the head, one of his weak points, is proof of this. I don’t think he will have any problem adapting to Guardiola’s style because he is a complete player. “, said Ezequiel Daray, Bundesliga analyst for Deutsche Welle in Germany at Jock when the signing had just materialized.
Those involved didn’t care. Each, strictly speaking, has put in a bit of their own to make the formula work. And, of course, everything is going according to expectations. Faced with Sevilla, a team which in recent seasons has earned the respect of Europe, City have passed the machine. A Norwegian-built grinder that this season looks set to destroy anything in front of it.
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Source: Latercera
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