“They said they wouldn’t adapt”

After his number 9 shirt, haalandbreaking the record for goals in a Premier League season, coach Pep Guardiola spoke about the feat in a collective. In addition to guaranteeing that the record will be broken one day, perhaps by himself, the Spaniard also commented on the athlete’s adaptation to the team and the country, and his main qualities on the field.

“We are very pleased for him, he is a joy, everyone is happy to have him with us. Of course this record will be broken sooner or later, maybe by him in the future. He will score many goals“, said the coach after another victory for the manchester city in the Premier League, now leader of the competition.

In the sequel, Pep still criticized the criticism of the beginning of the season: “I remember when we lost to Liverpool in the Community Shield (people said) he wouldn’t fit in the Premier League! We don’t know what will happen. Today is a good example. In the first half he wasn’t very involved, West Ham’s defensive structure was exceptional, but he’s not desperate, anxious and nervous, he’s calm“.

Still in the interview, the commander continued talking about the gunner, and did not spare praise. This time, Guardiola mentioned all the ways that Haaland knows how to score goals, noting that he still doesn’t score direct free-kicks, but that in the future he can still do it. In addition, he remembered that the opponent of his first goals was the same one that broke the record.

“The impact of how he adjusts to the league came very quickly, the first two goals came against West Ham (in the first game of the season) and he broke his record against West Ham. Immediately we saw that he is a guy that when you provide him with balls he scores in every situation, except free kicks – maybe in the future – but crosses, penalties, combinations, transitions. He is a guy who can do a lot of things and also score a lot of goals.“, finished.