9 | Erling Haaland - 2024/25

[nellyonthewing]

He's an enigma - not a good footballer but can score for fun when in the mood.
I think the way Pep plays him is hurting us and him.
We play him as a lamp post standing in the opposition box as we plod our way forward into a congested third . The rest of the team bar Phil, Rodri and Kdb aren't good enough to exploit the very limited space left or to pick him out with an inch perfect ball.

 

[madloaf]

Completely wasted the way we play. The passes are there to him, but never makes the runs now coz he knows he aint getting it. He's told to play like this, 100%. Look at his first season but more his 2nd season, consistently turned the corner and ran...only to look back and realise the ball wasn't coming. He doesn't even bother anymore really. He did once tonight, never got the ball, then foden and rico got into a moan on the pitch about a similar thing and they scored soon after. These things are contagious.

 

[M23 Citizen]

Usually when he’s had an off night, I moan about the lack of creativity for him, but we can’t say that tonight. He had multiple chances to score.

Unfortunate with his penalty though because when he planted his standing leg, it moved the turf and the ball up.