‘I Like It When Erling Haaland Presses Like An Animal’, Says Manchester City Boss Pep Guardiola

New Delhi: Two games into the Best League season and Erling Haaland has already put in his bid for the Golden Boot award, having scored four dreams even as securing six points for Manchester Town.

Haaland bagged his Tenth hat-trick for the Membership in Saturday’s 4-1 victory over Ipswich. The 24-year-old’s treble followed his intention in Town’s 2-zero opening day win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

When asked about what Town boss Pep Guardiola and Haaland pointed out over the summer, the old identified it is able to be miles the Norwegian’s pressing that helps the crew and he even went as a approaches as to label it as ‘horrifying.’

“I like it when he runs a lot. I like it when he presses like an animal. I like it. It helps to attain a intention. At the identical time you are connected you are defensively, you are connected offensively. At the identical time you are defensively disconnected, the ball involves you and surprises you, you’re now now not explicit.

“If the relevant defender has the ball, make him dash with this body, with those legs transferring, it’s horrifying and helps the human beings within the course of the core to e booklet him and we're additional excessive good caliber in our excessive pressing. We need him. Or not it is able to be a approaches now now not negotiable. If he doesn’t rating a intention that’s excessive good caliber but you do it,” Guardiola grew to change into quoted by job of club’s cyber internet page.

Haaland joined Manchester Town within the course of the 2022/23 season and went on to attain 36 dreams even as making 35 appearances, which is a couple of the most ever scored in a single season and helped Town win the historic treble. Here season, he ended with 27 dreams, 5 additional than his closest competitor. This grew to change into his second consecutive Golden Boot, making him the fifth participant to win the award in to come again-to-to come again seasons.

On the reverse hand, Haaland struggled with light accidents and knocks at some stage within the season but Guardiola believes the Norwegian is asking ‘sharper’ this season.

“Final season, he always had troubles within the course of the hips, within the course of the ankles, within the course of the knees. This season of course, he takes care of himself with the physios definitely accurate, but I had the feeling that he's sharper. After coaching sessions, he stays longer to coaching the crosses and controls. Final season, it never took location if you happen to remember the fact that he grew to change into now now not best. With his body, he has to be best to participate in at that stage,” he brought.