Amazing Haland

Amazing. shining stratosphere Wild Aliens. Amazing. Brutal too. These are some of the adjectives used to describe the actions of Erling Halland and as he continued at this rate, they would soon fall short. The City striker has been showered with praise after a new stellar staging -another one-, this time concocted in the manchester derby by contributing to three goals in a 6-3 win against the team led by Erik Ten Hag.

“their numbers are scary”, he admitted Pep Guardiola after another brilliant performance from his new pupil. And the truth is, he was right. Haaland breaks all records reigning scorers in the premier league. He is now the fastest to score three hat tricks in English league history and he did it in just eight games, 40 fewer than he needed. Michael Owen, which is still at the top of the aforementioned ranking. To put the milestone in context, Ruud Van Nistelrooy 59 games needed, Luis Suarez at 71 and Cristiano Ronaldo 232 to boast those three scoring hat-tricks. Norwegian, then, is ahead of the rest.

But there is more. According to ‘hat tricks’, the ‘9’ of city is what he is most proud of in 2022. To the perpetrator United There have been four so far this year. To make matters worse, he is also the only player in Premier League history to win three of them in a row playing on his home turf.

And all that in just 22 years. projection of Halland He is huge and if he continues at this pace he will reach the end of the season with more than 60 goals. For now he has 14 in eight games, recognized as the Premier’s only ‘top scorer’. Although the last figure is perhaps the most devastating, given that the house the Norwegian holed the last nine shots he directed on goal.

Guardiola took him down from the pedestal

since you came, Pep Guardiola knows he has a special and special player on his hands. That’s why they disbursed 60 million euros and it is rumored that 40 more of the commissions signed him this summer. The Catalan coach is more than happy with the performance of the Nordic ‘giant’, but would like to get a better versionespecially when it comes to his involvement in the game.

“He told me once that he would rather touch five balls and score five goals. I don’t like that. I want him to be involved so that he can catch more balls and become a soccer player who scores goals. Of course I don’t forget that his greatest talent is putting the ball in the net. That’s great. He is a fantastic striker.”

Like logic, Haaland’s numbers call for comparison and of those the name chosen is that of Leo Messi. Guardiola was asked about it and he didn’t want to miss the chance to bring down his young talent and make a difference to the Argentine star. “To score goals, maybe Erling needs all his teammates. When he gets there (in the rival goal) it’s incredible. Messi has the ability to do everything by himself.”