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erling holland Asked for clarification. Was he thinking of breaking his record? “Then let me ask you, which record is that?” He said. There are a few options to choose from: Most goals in a Premier League season; The most in all competitions for an English club in a season since the 1920s; Most in the first 10 games of a Premier League campaign; Premier and fastest 50 in both Champions League; The most in the history of the Norwegian national team. So it was best to limit it and Holland, rather than boasting, was merely curious.
“I’m not arrogant,” said the Norwegian and, in his defense, it is worth noting that pep guardiola He believes his centre-forward has humility that is rare in a footballer of his level. “Treble season, how many did I have? I had 56 in total with the national team so I’m in good shape.”
Haaland is up to 26 for club and country in one campaign Only Tottenham and Aston Villa have stopped him from scoringAnd if that includes a quintet against Moldova, and Norway’s potential progression to the World Cup, means this is very likely to prove Haaland’s most brilliant campaign in his country’s colors in 2022-23, he got 52 for City alone.
Now, if City progress through the knockout play-off rounds to reach the FA and Carabao Cup and Champions League finals, they have a further 52 matches to play before they have to take into account their international commitments. Holland has never looked better or more invincible.
It seems fair to note that Lionel Messi’s best was 82 goals in 2011–12, 73 of them in club football, figures that seem unrealistic and yet attainable. After Haaland’s two goals against Bournemouth on Sunday, Guardiola admitted his striker’s numbers were at the level of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Haaland immediately rejected the comparisons. He doesn’t see himself at their level. “Not at all, far from it,” he said. “Nobody can get close to them, that’s why.”
Haaland can, of course, get closer to Alan Shearer’s Premier League record of 260. He is currently 162 behind, but Shearer himself believes the Norwegian will break that. “I don’t really know any records, but this is the record I know,” Holland said. that he has the best part He has nine years left on his City contract He gets plenty of time to reach there.
He re-signed during City’s struggles, which in itself was a sign of loyalty. “Losing games and losing cup finals is not good, coming third in the Premier League and going out early in the Champions League is not ideal for this club,” he said. If fostering the city’s revival is not his sole objective – “Taking Norway to the World Cup, that’s the main goal of my career,” he said – his contribution to their cause goes beyond the obvious.
Haaland has a sideline clearing the set-piece in his own penalty area. “It’s not the best thing, but I’m not complaining,” he said. “I prefer to be in the second box but can do anything to help the team.” It reflected the attitude that inspired Guardiola asked to be placed in City’s leadership group. “It’s hard to find a real, genuine world-class player who is incredibly humble and thinks about what’s best for the team,” he explained. “It was surprising because normally strikers just think about goal, goal, goal.”
Of these, he scored 86 scores in just 89 matches. borussia dortmund And will face them on Wednesday. Holland believes they will recognize a familiar face, but also the same person. The burden of success and goals has not changed him, which he credits to his nationality. “I’m a Norwegian man, and for me, I shouldn’t think I’m something because I’m scoring goals, it’s that simple. I’m just Erling, and that’s something that will never change. I’m completely the same person I’ve been for as long as I can remember. I’m still the same kid from Brian.”
He has been working on his headers since training with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mark Dempsey at Molde in 2017, he said. “With headers, I think you can be better,” he said. “You can never be good enough.”
And if that is the essence of his philosophy, there are few statistics he knows, and which are not related to goal scoring. His ability to stay onside, he said, can be attributed to the practice he has done since the age of 13.
He has played 107 Premier League games and been offside only 18 times. “So 18 times in three and a half years is OK,” Haaland said. Whenever he has been flagged, he has made six appearances, scoring five and a half goals. So while he is developing new goal celebrations and exerted his robotic influence on Sunday, perhaps defenders have more reason to punch the air if they catch him in their offside trap. Because Haaland’s goals are much more regular and are coming at a much faster pace. Probably a record breaking rate.