The Manchester City striker, who has scored 36 goals in 35 Premier League games, told Pep Guardiola after one month: ‘Don’t worry, I’ll score goals’
in July’s curtain-raiser, with Haaland drawing a blank and becoming the subject of memes because of an opportunity he blazed over the bar. The Norwegian has 36 Premier League goals in 35 games and Guardiola was asked how he dealt with the pressure of his debut season in English football.“I don’t feel that he [thinks he] has much pressure. I think he handled it really well. At 22 years, handling the expectation, and with [some of] that he laughs. When he hears people with no respect he laughs.
“He is this type of guy. He has incredible self-confidence that with all the other chances to score goals it doesn’t matter what happens, he will not lose confidence. You are defined as a footballer by how you react to the bad moments. You know the Boston Celtics against Miami [in the NBA] were down 3-0 in the playoffs – now it is 3-2. That shows who they are. That is the point.”
Haaland – named the Premier League’s Player of the Season on Saturday – has only one goal in his last six appearances. When Guardiola was reminded of this he said the Norwegian would score again soon. The champions travel to Brentford in Sunday’s last league match before playing Manchester United in the FA Cup final and Internazionale in the Champions League final next month.
“I am not going to doubt the scoring machine Erling right now,” the manager said. “He had chances. Maybe he’s waiting for the right moment. He will be ready to score at the right moment to score the goals. He is ready. I am very pleased that he’s achieved all that he’s achieved – the goals and records.”
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