On his official debut as a Manchester City player, Erling Haaland he failed to score a goal against Liverpool on 30 July in the Community Shield (3-1 for Jürgen Klopp’s men). But now the young Norwegian star already has 15 goals in the Premier, where he is the top scorer, almost doubling the second, Harry Kane (scorer of 8 goals). This Sunday, Liverpool-City.
Virgil Van Dijk, one of the pillars of the ‘reds’, explains how to mark Haalandwhich he has already fought in the Community Shield and is a big threat this Sunday for Liverpool at Anfield, in matchday 11 of the English championship.
The captain of the Netherlands national team said: “We have to stop the balls from getting to him and defend at our highest level. To be at our best level overall, as we always have to do against City. It won’t be a Haaland against me, but everyone against everyone.”
Haaland has 20 goals in 12 games in all competitions in his first season at City. Van Dijk added: “It’s not easy to stop him. There’s nothing more to say. I already said after the Community Shield, when they criticized him for not scoring, that Haaland will be a nightmare for many defenders. At City he has a lot scoring opportunity. to score, so we have to avoid getting balls”.
Source: La Verdad
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