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Man City boss Pep Guardiola sends Premier League warning after Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi comparison
02.05.2023 - 21:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland has the same mentality to improve and score goals as Lionel Messi and warned the rest of the Premier League that the striker will be even better in his second season at Manchester City.
With Haaland set to rewrite the record books this season that will send a chill down the rest of the league, but many of Guardiola's signings improved in their second year at the Etihad and he expects Haaland to follow that trend.
Part of that is a result of having seen the 22-year-old's desire for improvement since his £51million move from Borussia Dortmund. While new signings at the Etihad often take time to settle, Haaland has looked unstoppable from day one.
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He has scored 50 goals in all competitions this season, 34 of which have come in the Premier League and one more will take him clear of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer for the record in a single season. Messi scored 73 goals in 60 games in Guardiola's final campaign at Barcelona and the Catalan insists Haaland is incomparable to the Argentine given his longevity, expect when it comes to the mentality to keep trying to improve.
The next challenge for Haaland will be to back up his record-breaking feats, but Guardiola is confident his striker will be even better in 2023/24 and he has already spoken to him about where he can improve ahead of next season.
"Always I've said with Erling it will be tough when you look at what he has done and if he doesn’t score the goals like he's scoring now people will say 'Oh, he’s in a bad situation' but his game can improve a lot. We have spoken about that," he said.
"The movements, I wouldn't say in the box but the game itself. I think
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