Man City’s star striker Erling Haaland continues to show a super terrible but not necessarily unstoppable form.
Joining Man City from the summer of 2022, Erling Haaland shows that he is worth every penny that the club has spent. Up to now, the Norwegian striker has got 47 goals and 6 assists after 40 appearances in all competitions.
Statistics show that, on average, every 58 minutes the ball rolls, Haaland marks a goal for Man City. The performance is too terrible for a rookie of the Premier League.
The question for Haaland now is not whether he will score, but when. However, the striker is not unstoppable.
According to GOAL, the only person capable of stopping Erling Haaland from scoring for Man City can only be… their coach, Pep Guardiola.
In the last 3-1 win over Leicester , Haaland only needed 25 minutes on the field to have a brace. However, Pep took his students off immediately after the first half. It is clear that with the current excitement, the Green Man No. 9 could have scored more than 2 goals if not substituted.
This is also not the first time Pep replaces Haaland when he is playing sublime. In the 7-0 win over Leipzig in the round of 16 of the C1 Cup, this coach also withdrew from the 63rd minute after scoring 5 goals, only missing 1 to go down in the tournament’s history.
However, Pep has a reason to save Haaland when in front of them is the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final on Bayern’s field. Keeping the pillar is necessary and he also wants to give Julian Alvarez a chance.
The Norwegian striker also appeared to have no problem as he was seen smiling on the bench in the second half and Pep also praised his attitude after the game.
Two goals against Leicester was enough to help Haaland equal Mohamed Salah’s record of 32 goals in a 38-game Premier League season (2017/18).
The striker only needed three more goals to break Andy Cole and Alan Shearer’s record of 34 goals in the 1993/94 and 1994/95 seasons, when the league played a 42-match format. It is only a matter of time because Haaland still has 8 more matches to increase his achievements in the Premier League this season.
