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9 | Erling Haaland - 2022/23 Performances
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Saddleworth2
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From the (spit) Guardian :-)
As the players left the pitch at half time, the Etihad Stadium’s in-house big screen began to replay, in slow-mo close-up, the moment that had just passed, Manchester City’s third goal in what would eventually become a 7-0 (seven) victory.
There was something ludicrously lovely about the imagery, the basic human design, the cold, cold beauty of the sky blue shirts, the snowflakes falling in slow, fat, perfect flakes, Erling Haaland scrolling past the faces in the crowd and gliding in a single movement into the perfect Olympic-grade knee slide, a footballer who expresses power, edge and certainty more clearly than any other.
He was, frankly, jaw-dropping here; unstoppable in a way that felt different to any other, previous version of unstoppable, sui generis in its outsize strengths.
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City moved Leipzig around, stretched the lines at will, and did it all so easily, dissecting their opponents like a practice corpse on the laboratory gurney. And secondly, how far can City take this now? It was by no means a one-man show. City counter-pressed fiercely and resisted RB Leipzig’s physicality all over the pitch. Bernardo Silva was routinely brilliant, not really a defensive or attacking midfielder these days, just an all-round roving skill-goblin.
The real test will come against one of Europe’s elite, a question that hasn’t been asked yet, but then Europe’s elite is an ever-shrinking circle.
It will be fascinating to watch when it happens. But this was as close as City have come so far to marrying that sense of control and high technique with a razor edge. It was delicately, brutally unstoppable.
Whilst there are a couple of the usual Guardian style digs, there is no hiding in the writing the utter jaw drop appreciation of that performance last night. And they do write some real pretty stuff when they want.
As the players left the pitch at half time, the Etihad Stadium’s in-house big screen began to replay, in slow-mo close-up, the moment that had just passed, Manchester City’s third goal in what would eventually become a 7-0 (seven) victory.
There was something ludicrously lovely about the imagery, the basic human design, the cold, cold beauty of the sky blue shirts, the snowflakes falling in slow, fat, perfect flakes, Erling Haaland scrolling past the faces in the crowd and gliding in a single movement into the perfect Olympic-grade knee slide, a footballer who expresses power, edge and certainty more clearly than any other.
He was, frankly, jaw-dropping here; unstoppable in a way that felt different to any other, previous version of unstoppable, sui generis in its outsize strengths.
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City moved Leipzig around, stretched the lines at will, and did it all so easily, dissecting their opponents like a practice corpse on the laboratory gurney. And secondly, how far can City take this now? It was by no means a one-man show. City counter-pressed fiercely and resisted RB Leipzig’s physicality all over the pitch. Bernardo Silva was routinely brilliant, not really a defensive or attacking midfielder these days, just an all-round roving skill-goblin.
The real test will come against one of Europe’s elite, a question that hasn’t been asked yet, but then Europe’s elite is an ever-shrinking circle.
It will be fascinating to watch when it happens. But this was as close as City have come so far to marrying that sense of control and high technique with a razor edge. It was delicately, brutally unstoppable.
Whilst there are a couple of the usual Guardian style digs, there is no hiding in the writing the utter jaw drop appreciation of that performance last night. And they do write some real pretty stuff when they want.
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svennis pennis
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Unfair to compare, but I’m going to do it anyway. Erling scored as many last night as Jesus has at Arsenal.
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I have a fear that someone is going to try and take EH out of the game with a bit of nastiness. RM are the type of team who would do it.Real Madrid are gonna get a belter.
kaz7
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Paul robinson on sky this morning and the host said that is their only problem with him, like it matters , lolDisappointing number of touches.
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I have a fear that someone is going to try and take EH out of the game with a bit of nastiness. RM are the type of team who would do it.
Maybe,but the lad is more than capable of looking after himself.And he always has Jack and Bernie as his minders!!
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Be an awful way to see Vinicius end his career...I have a fear that someone is going to try and take EH out of the game with a bit of nastiness. RM are the type of team who would do it.
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I get the feeling theres much more to come at the end of the season. People talk about our style and not getting the best out of him, and that’s partially true, but him not having to press or sprint as much as he would at Dortmund, Liverpool, Madrid etc means he has not be getting these bad injuries he was in previous years. We’re managing him very well.
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