Erling Haaland's Manchester City career may only be four competitive games old, but already he is showing that his critics were wrong to ever doubt he'd adapt to his new team.
06.08.2022 - 21:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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There was a moment in Erling Haaland's Manchester City debut in Green Bay where he was presented with a decent opportunity to score, but opted to square the ball to Jack Grealish, with a block seeing the chance go begging.
It felt uncharacteristic for a player who has scored so many goals from exactly the position he declined to shoot: on the angle, about 10 yards out, having been played in on the shoulder of the defender. However, Haaland's latest interview as a City player has perhaps explained why he didn't shoot - and why he might not shoot in future.
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It comes after weeks of questioning from fans and pundits outside of City, trying to convince themselves that Haaland won't continue his goal-a-game form from RB Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund. The main theory to support that hope has been that Haaland will need time to adapt to Pep Guardiola's patient build-up.
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Manchester City kick-off their defence of the Premier League title with a trip to face West Ham United at the London Stadium.
The Blues secured back-to-back triumphs in the most dramatic fashion on the final day of last season. After falling 2-0 down with 15 minutes to play against Aston villa, Ilkay Gundogan's brace, either side of Rodri's long-range strike, handed Pep Guardiola his 11th trophy on English soil.
It also means City have won four of the last five Premier League's on offer — further reinforcing Guardiola's dominance. But, as usual, City have to dust themselves down and go again in the hope of retaining their crown for the third consecutive year.
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Erling Haaland's Manchester City career may only be four competitive games old, but already he is showing that his critics were wrong to ever doubt he'd adapt to his new team.
Manchester City fans don't want Pep Guardiola to make any changes to his starting XI for Sunday's match against Newcastle United.
Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team will be gunning to maintain their winning start to the Premier League season vs Newcastle on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm).
You can hardly call two goals and an assist in the opening two games a disappointment of any description.
Manchester City's home campaign got off to the perfect start against Bournemouth on Saturday with a 4-0 with that left them top of the Premier League table.
Pep Guardiola is confident that Manchester City will find ways to get the best out of Erling Haaland in games where teams play a low block at the Etihad Stadium.
Scott Parker admitted the quality levels between Manchester City and Bournemouth were just too high in Saturday's 4-0 defeat, pointing towards the magic in the Blues' opening two goals as prime examples.
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Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland had an impossible task against Bournemouth, praising his ability to get an assist on his home Manchester City debut.
Pep Guardiola believes Kevin De Bruyne is enjoying adding goals to his game, helped by Erling Haaland's addition to the Manchester City squad.
With fixtures still coming at the leisurely rate of one per week and no injuries to contend with, why bother changing a winning side?
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City's second goal at West Ham belonged to Jack Grealish for the work he put into orchestrating it.
Erling Haaland's Premier League career got off to a flying start on Sunday afternoon when he scored to give Manchester City the lead at West Ham.
Wayne Rooney has tipped Manchester City to retain the Premier League title, and believes Erling Haaland will give them an advantage over Liverpool.
Pep Guardiola and his star-studded Manchester City team will start their latest Premier League title defence with what promises to be a mouth-watering opener against West Ham at the London Stadium (4.30pm).
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