9 | Erling Haaland - 2022/23 Performances

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Well it is understandable he was tired after arsenal game. Not give the center backs enough pressure. Dog out some 50-50 and let the CB easy off in the box. Not enough pressing. But to be fair is it really a good idea to start an almost same XI vs Arsenal? Players are humans. I would start Alvarez instead of KDB to share some duty with Halaand knowing there won't be enough transitions opportunity until later stage of the game. Then bring KDB to finish the game.
 
Paul1970 said:
Too much being written about him and his future with us and it’s having an affect on him and it’s clear to see this is not the same player before the World Cup. Feel sorry for him because the press and virtually every pundit will not be happy untill he leaves us and it could well be in the sumner as he is definitely not happy atm.
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Bollocks
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
A couple of strange decisions by Haaland in the last games , allowing Mahrez to take a penalty versus Villa and going down for the penalty when clean through against Forest , before the World Cup when he was flying he takes both those chances.
Hard to criticise a guy with over 30 goals at this stage of the season , but maybe a slight blip in form/confidence , he will probably score three at Bournemouth :)
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Think the penalty was because of his dead leg. What we need to remember though is he's only 22 and will have the odd dip or bit of inconsistency., he will be at least a couple of years off his peak yet.
 
I was really frustrated with that miss. Aguero may not have scored as many as Haaland does now, but Aguero buries that chance blindfolded, City cruise to an easy 2-0 win, and we go top of the table. Aguero was the epitome of a title-winning striker. Haaland has yet to prove that at this level.
 
blueparrot said:
Think the penalty was because of his dead leg. What we need to remember though is he's only 22 and will have the odd dip or bit of inconsistency., he will be at least a couple of years off his peak yet.
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So you're saying madrid will get him at just the right time ;)
 
fatoldsyd said:
I was really frustrated with that miss. Aguero may not have scored as many as Haaland does now, but Aguero buries that chance blindfolded, City cruise to an easy 2-0 win, and we go top of the table. Aguero was the epitome of a title-winning striker. Haaland has yet to prove that at this level.
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Aguero missed chances and 22 year old Aguero, though I didn't see him, almost certainly did.
 
mccity said:
Yeah, it's probably not the best example because he scored a hattrick in that game, but I recall when we beat Chelsea 6–0, Aguero missed a chance from about a yard out.
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Haha 1 yard tap in at the far post. Ballsed it up then 3 minutes later curls a 25 yarder in the top corner on his way to a hat-trick. Top banana

i miss sergio :(
 
mosssideblue said:
For someone so big and powerful, he had no reason to drop like he did. Should have just powered on and taken the shot.
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Ever seen fast paced car crashes?

When you're going at full pace, even the slightest thing makes you lose balance.

I don't blame him at all for going down there.. but he shoulda done better with the sitter.

The league refs are bent and won't call pens for us. Have you forgotten.. Kun got SEXUALLY ASSAULTED against West Ham and there was no pen for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity!

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Think Haaland is the best striker in the world or up there with the best. Read somewhere he has missed the most big chances in the league, though. In other words, it's not true that we don't create enough chances for him. He's scored many league goals because of his clever movement (and our ability to create chances), and not because he is absolutely clinical or something like that.
 
We were having a discussion in a pub in Nottingham regarding his hold up play and the standout weaknesses in his game currently. Conversation led back to Harry Kane and how he, in his current guise, is the perfect striker for our style of play.

However, there is no way that Harry Kane was playing this way at 22. He was a goalscorer but he wasn't hitting the unprecedented numbers that Haaland is currently. Kane wasn't dropping deep to link the play at that age. I'd say only in the past 3 or 4 years has that really come to prominence within his game.

Haaland is so young and he has so much time on his side to get better at linking the play. Sure the staff at City are working on this with him and I'm sure it is something he relishes to improve. Hopefully we get to see this develop over the years he is with us.
 
wolfie1988 said:
We were having a discussion in a pub in Nottingham regarding his hold up play and the standout weaknesses in his game currently. Conversation led back to Harry Kane and how he, in his current guise, is the perfect striker for our style of play.

However, there is no way that Harry Kane was playing this way at 22. He was a goalscorer but he wasn't hitting the unprecedented numbers that Haaland is currently. Kane wasn't dropping deep to link the play at that age. I'd say only in the past 3 or 4 years has that really come to prominence within his game.

Haaland is so young and he has so much time on his side to get better at linking the play. Sure the staff at City are working on this with him and I'm sure it is something he relishes to improve. Hopefully we get to see this develop over the years he is with us.
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He would definitely be a better player for us right now,but that is because Pep hasn't altered his approach to our football with Haaland in the side,he's still playing the tactics and game plan that cater for the qualities and attributes that would suit Kane.
 
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