Haaland

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher is unsure whether Erling Haaland made the right decision in signing for Manchester City because of their different style of ...

City's players don't have the energy or the power or the pace to play from box to box." You can say it's a different team, but he has scored exactly the same amount of goals". He might have picked the wrong club to get the best out of him," he told 'Sky Sports'

When is a rant not a rant? When nobody gets angry, perhaps? Erling Haaland inspires Jamie Carragher to do his job while Garth Crooks remains eccentric.

And only Garth could write that Kaoru Mitoma ‘is the most exciting player I have seen in a Brighton shirt since a young Peter Ward burst onto the scene in the 1970s’. Harry Kane deservedly earns inclusion, with Crooks writing: ‘There is of course, a certain irony attached to Kane’s accomplishment, as his record goal was scored against Manchester City, a side he almost joined. I suppose that’s the price you pay when you pursue records and not trophies.’ Also included was Amadou Onana: ‘It was Onana who seemed to get the blood pumping among Evertonians as he took the game to the Gunners. As usual, it’s a treasure trove of half-baked ideas and nonsense. By that point Antony and Wout Weghorst had already been subbed off and Garnacho was the only other purely attacking player left on the pitch along with Marcus Rashford. I said some time ago that injured defender Virgil van Dijk is their most important player and one clean sheet in their last 10 away Premier League matches rather proves the point. When is a rant not a rant? It’s a man doing his sodding job. Is he impassioned? But is he angry? He simply explains in a very intelligent and informed fashion why Manchester City and Erling Haaland is a combination that is running into some difficulty.

Jamie Carragher thinks Erling Haaland may have "picked the wrong club" in the summer after Man City lost 1-0 to Tottenham on Sunday.

Manchester City defender Kyle Walker insists team-mate Erling Haaland is not a problem, but a fantastic player.

We can go on a run from now until the end of the season and it is just about doing it." "I hear it all the time but he has got I think 25 goals already this season. "The way we play is unique but, listen, Erling has been fantastic.

The Norwegian striker did not have a shot in Manchester City's defeat to Tottenham.

After Manchester City suffered a frustrating 1-0 loss to Tottenham, in which Erling Haaland was isolated up front an unable to get any shots off, ...

We'll fight until the end." "His players don't have the energy or power to play that way. "That's not his fault. "This is the team we've got now until the end of the season. That's not Pep Guardiola's way. "Haaland has scored 25 league goals and lots of them are ones that come into the box and he puts them in, but we're not seeing the full package of what the player can do because of the team he's joined."

Pep Guardiola's men missed a golden opportunity to close the gap on Arsenal as they suffered a limp defeat to Spurs.

While Arsenal have, up to this weekend, been in Liverpool 2018-19 form, it is possible that the rigours of a race start to get to them. [financially stratified nature of modern football](/sport/football/chelsea-transfer-enzo-fernandez-premier-league-b2273249.html) means Premier League title races tend to go to the outer limits, with champions usually getting around 90 points or much more. [ decision to offload Joao Cancelo](/sport/football/joao-cancelo-man-city-pep-guardiola-b2275220.html). [response out of his team](/sport/football/joao-cancelo-guardiola-bayern-munich-b2273106.html). He didn’t have a shot, for the first time in the Premier League. While his meaning was often difficult to decipher, [the intention wasn’t](/sport/football/joao-cancelo-guardiola-bayern-munich-b2273106.html). He didn’t even have a touch on the box. [over them in that last match](/sport/football/manchester-city-tottenham-result-score-mahrez-b2265697.html). There is the effect of a half-decade of full throttle against Liverpool, which Jurgen Klopp’s side may be suffering from too. It is one of the worst returns from the same period out of all Guardiola’s seasons at City. There wasn’t much energy at all, which was pretty much like his [Manchester City](/topic/manchester-city) team [in their 1-0 defeat to Spurs](/sport/football/tottenham-man-city-result-score-harry-kane-b2276208.html). [Pep Guardiola](/topic/pep-guardiola) sat down to his post-game press conference, there were a few comments that could have been construed as swipes.

Premier League top goalscorer Haaland cut a frustrated figure in the capital and failed to have a single shot on target. Haaland has scored 31 goals in 28 ...

We can go on a run from now until the end of the season and it is just about doing it.” “I hear it all the time but he has got I think 25 goals already this season. “The way we play is unique but, listen, Erling has been fantastic.

The Norwegian striker did not have a shot in Manchester City's defeat to Tottenham.

“When they lose it they win it back quickly and keep the team pinned back. He’s got 25 of them but City overall have scored the same number overall. “That’s not his fault. “However, they’ve conceded more and are easier to counter-attack against now. “You think of the goal he got vs West Ham when there was space in behind and he gets in behind. “City have scored the exact number of goals as last season.