What Pep Guardiola says about the Manchester City striker
Erling Haaland and Pep Guardiola
Manchester City is entering this season at a great time. Pep Guardiola’s team and company face Young Boys with the intention of beginning to ensure their presence in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. However, a lot will depend on Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez continuing their high scoring level. In the case of the Norwegian, the forward has just broken a negative streak after some games without being able to score.
Pep Guardiola, Manchester City’s technical director, spoke about his starting striker, Erling Haaland, after she broke her goal drought on Saturday in the Premier League match against Brighton. Before scoring against Brighton last weekend, Haaland had accumulated more than 300 minutes without scoring, since his last goal had been against Nottingham Forest, on September 23. Almost a month later, the Norwegian striker once again scored the ball for City.
“Expectations are very high but he handles it very well. He knows it, he could have scored more goals in that period of games… nine goals in the Premier League (this season) he can score more goals than last season,” declared Pep. After his arrival at Manchester City in 2022, Erling Haaland has played 66 games and scored 61 goals. This message comes after an unexpected statement from Haaland where he confesses that he is beginning to feel exhausted by his name.
Is Haaland tired of his name?
“It’s a little stressful sometimes and I’m starting to get a little tired of my own name.” Of course, immediately afterwards he reflected and wanted to make it clear that it was not a complaint: “I appreciate the support, so I won’t complain,” the Norwegian forward confessed at the time about what was happening with his name and the way in which many media outlets reported it. They related to what happened every day. He even said this during the last FIFA International Break with the Norwegian team, where he also scored important goals.