Despite having just won his fourth title with City, Erling Haaland has yet to score or assist in finals.
Since joining Man City, Erling Haaland has continuously conquered miracles. He only needed one season to break a series of goalscoring records and lift trophies.
Along with a record of 52 goals in 53 games in all competitions, the tall and blond striker also surpassed the legends Andy Cole and Alan Shearer to set a record of 36 goals in a Premier season. League.
Haaland has also scored in the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup, but there is still a hurdle he has yet to overcome.
Man City’s No 9 scores from every angle, in a variety of styles. That’s why he was nicknamed “Cyborg” by the media and fans (DC Comics superhero character, or for mechanized creatures). But not in the final.
Since signing for Man City, he has won 4 titles: Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League and most recently, the European Super Cup when he overcame Sevilla on penalties.
Haaland is the one who decides for the Manchester team to reach these finals. Only thing, he never once became the main character in the matches to determine the trophy.
Besides the titles won, Man City also played 2 Community Shield matches and lost both, with Haaland “nothing” in all. No goals, no assists in 5 matches.
The opponents are Liverpool, MU, Inter Milan, Arsenal respectively. Even Sevilla, who had been hit six times by Haaland in the previous three meetings from Dortmund to Man City, succeeded in disabling him.
Fading in the final
The important heroic scenes are likened to kryptonite (a fictional material that can affect the strength of Superman’s character) for Haaland.
While at Borussia Dortmund, he failed to score in the German Super Cup. Last season, Man City beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League with the contribution of the Norwegian player.
Haaland’s problem doesn’t just come from the goal story. The sad fact is that his performances in the finals were relatively lackluster, participating in very little team play.
Haaland was not very prominent in the Community Shield match, which Man City let Arsenal equalize in the 11th minute of injury time, then watched the opponent bring the trophy to the Emirates Stadium after the penalty shootout.
Despite overcoming with a brace against Burnley in the opening Premier League game, becoming the first man in history to score both the first two goals of the season, he lacked in front of Sevilla’s goal.
In the city of Piraeus, Greece, Haaland successfully scored the first penalty to win with Man City against Sevilla. However, his performance in the allotted time was not as expected for a striker of this caliber.
Haaland failed to make a single shot on goal of goalkeeper Bono – who had just joined Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia, 15 touches of the ball, 6 successful passes, won only 1/6 of the disputes and lost 4 times. ball . Something is wrong with “Cyborg”.
