Pep Guardiola defends Erling Haaland vs. criticism

Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, is optimistic that Erling Haaland will repeat his goal-scoring success from the previous season and is not concerned about him.

Pep Guardiola Defends Erling Haaland From Media Criticism

In the previous match for Manchester City, Haaland had an unusual performance where he failed to score, and the team lost 2-1 to Wolves.

Although the Norwegian player has already netted eight goals in just seven Premier League games this season, he has missed some scoring opportunities since the new campaign began.

When asked about Haaland’s occasional lack of accuracy in front of the goal, Guardiola expressed no concerns.

Guardiola mentioned that “He had a lot of chances to score the goals. It gets more difficult with five defenders, on the 18 yard box, there but not just for him for any player around the world.” Guardiola also pointed out “If you see the chances he’s had and the goals he’s scored he’s at the same level as last season.”

During his debut season at Manchester City, Haaland set a record by scoring 52 goals as the team achieved a treble. Although replicating those remarkable numbers this season will be challenging, few would doubt Haaland’s ability to once again lead the goal-scoring charts.

Haaland will be aiming to regain his scoring form in the upcoming Champions League match against RB Leipzig on Wednesday. Notably, he scored five goals in their previous encounter in Europe’s top competition back in March.

Erling Haaland

Erling Håland

Forwarder

EnglandEngland

Age: 24

195 cm

87 kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 27 7 Missed
Minutes 2215 82.0 Avg
Goals 20 0.7 Avg
Assist 5 0.2 Avg
Attempt 27 1.0 Avg
Passes 317 11.779.1% AvgSucc
Yellow 1 0.0 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 7 times for 620 minutes for Premier League.

Erling Haaland scored 7 goals for Manchester City. He procured one assist. He received no yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 1st in Premier League. In the last match Manchester City won 3-1 against RB Leipzig. The next match in Premier League will be against Arsenal.

Manchester City performance and stats

Manchester City

Manager: Josep Guardiola
Rank 2nd
Win 24
Draw 7
Loss 3
Goals 82-32
Diff 50

Manchester City is currently 1st in the Premier League with 18 points.

In the last 7 games, it has won 6 times and lost once. In its last match, Manchester City lost 2-1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 17 goals and conceding 5.​

Manchester City will play the next match in Premier League against Arsenal on Sunday 8th of October in London.​

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