Erling Haaland complained that he didn’t score five goals in his hometown after scoring twice for Manchester City in their 3-1 victory over Leeds to reclaim second place in the Premier League.
Erling Haaland, a Norwegian who scored twice as Manchester City defeated Leeds 3-1 to move back up to second place in the Premier League, bemoaned not scoring five goals in his hometown. As his father Alfe Inge played for Leeds, Haaland spent his formative years there. He was unforgiving as City resurrected their title challenge, though. As they recovered from a shocking loss to Brentford prior to the World Cup, Pep Guardiola’s team closed the gap to Arsenal at the top of the table to five points.
Haaland has scored 20 Premier League goals in just 14 games since joining City, but he was still dissatisfied after losing three one-on-one matches versus Illan Meslier.
According to Haaland, “I could’ve scored five, that’s the reality.”
“We win, that’s the most important thing. You see Arsenal at the top now, we have to hunt them, but for me as a striker, I could’ve scored a couple more.
“That’s life; I need to work harder.”
Haaland should have made an impact in the first 45 seconds, but Meslier made a wonderful save after he was clean through.
That set the tone for City’s frustrating first half as numerous fantastic opportunities came and went.
Meslier defeated Haaland once more, and Guardiola’s face was in his hands after Jack Grealish missed two clear-cut opportunities.
The visitors finally made their dominance
The visitors finally made their dominance count in first-half stoppage time, and Leeds crucially failed to hang out until halftime on level terms.
After Riyad Mahrez’s initial shot was blocked by Meslier due to Kevin De Bruyne’s opening of the Leeds defence, Rodri swept the rebound into the goal.
The City star refused to celebrate in recognition of his Leeds roots, but it did not stop him from scoring a second goal on the evening from another Grealish cutback.
Playing at Elland Road was a “very special time in my career,” according to Haaland.
“Scoring for Manchester City versus Leeds at Elland Road was in my wildest fantasy,” the author said.
Pascal Struijk’s header from a corner 17 minutes from time gave Leeds at least one goal to show for their efforts even though they remain precariously balanced at two points above the relegation zone.
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