Erling Haaland appeared so sharp in his debut season with Manchester City. Even so, there are always sarcastic voices who call it only scoring easy goals.
Erling Haaland came to England after being bought by Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2022. A transfer value of 51.2 million pounds sterling became the ransom.
For about 6 months in the Manchester Blue costume, Haaland appeared fierce in front of the opponent’s goal with a score of 32 goals and 4 assists in 31 appearances in all competitions. Especially in the Premier League, Haaland has scored 26 goals and 4 assists in just 23 appearances.
Thanks to his shrewdness in scoring goals, Haaland has also helped Manchester City to survive in the Premier League title competition and are now only two points adrift of Arsenal at the top of the standings. In addition, City have also penetrated the fifth round of the FA Cup and the last 16 of the Champions League.
However, Haaland’s sensational performance was not free from criticism. In addition to his presence being considered to have a negative effect on Man City’s playing style, Haaland is also considered to only score easy goals, where most of his goals have come from inside the penalty box.
But City goalkeeper, Ederson Moraes, rejected the sneer. According to him, Haaland’s goals were not easy at all even though they looked like that, but because of the player’s great positioning skills.
“When he came we said he was going to score a lot of goals and it is happening. He’s a brilliant goalscorer, he always tries to score goals and help the team.” said Ederson quoted from Uefa.com.
“He is the striker we need, compared to Gabriel Jesus, both players are different. Gabi likes to stab from the wing, is stronger and more flexible. Haaland plays more centrally, goes into the box, he’s a target. That’s the biggest difference. When you get into the final third you have someone who is always in that area.” Ederson explained.
“A lot of people say that the goals he scores are easy goals, but that’s a lie. It’s because of his positiong. He’s not scoring easy goals, but he’s put himself in a very good position.” Ederson is direct about Erling Haaland.
