Guardiola highlights Haaland’s good numbers in the season

Erling Haaland continues to present gala performances for the manchester city. This Saturday, the Norwegian striker scored twice in the citizens’ victory over Leicester by 3 to 1. The striker’s great number of goals was one of the themes of the coach’s press conference Pep Guardiola after the match.

The Spanish coach said he was positively surprised by the striker’s performance in his first year at the English club, but cautioned:

“I want, I wish he could break all records possible. This means that he will score a lot of goals. It means you’re going to help us. But I believe that what he wants are the titles, to fight for them, and we are fighting. But it’s amazing. We still have eight or nine games to play and he is close to breaking all records.” – said Pep Guardiola to the press after this Saturday’s game.

With 32 Premier League goals, Haaland has already equaled the Muhammad salah, who also scored 32 goals in the competition’s 2017/18 season. With eight more games to play in the current Premier League, Haaland has a great chance of surpassing the Egyptian mark and becoming the player who scored the most in a Premier League edition. This Saturday, the Norwegian scored twice in the 3-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium and helped Manchester City touch the top of the championship.

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In addition to the English Championship, Haaland lives the expectation of finishing the Champions League from Europe as top scorer of the tournament, with 11 goals scored, the number 9 of the citizens comfortably leads the table of top scorers of the tournament. The runner-up is Salah, from Liverpool, with 8 goals. The Egyptian team has already been eliminated from the competition. The only players who can threaten Haaland in the Champions League are Vinícius Juniorof Real Madrid It is joao mario of Benficaboth with 6 goals scored.

Overall, Haaland has 47 goals in 40 appearances in the 2022/23 season.

Featured photo: Haaland in the match against Leicester. Playback/ Lee Smith/ Reuters