‘HOW DO YOU DEFEND AGAINST THAT?!’ 😱 Reaction to Erling Haaland’s 4 goals vs. Wolves | ESPN FC 

Halaand's scored 35 goals this season so far - 25 in the EPL - and has been out injured for 12 weeks!! On top of that he is improving with each game!

HAALAND TOOK THE GOLDEN BOOT ISSUE PERSONALLY

Some said Haaland is a League 2 player. Not a City fan but their team is at another level.

On the header his hips were above the defenders head... 😂

Sterling was unbelievable for us for a couple of seasons and if he was a confident finisher he’d have a TON more

Haaland is definitely winning the topscorer again

Raheem sterling truly went god mode under Guardiola for 1-2 seasons. And then back to…..being sterling

trying to correct how a team that is about to win their 4th league tittle in a row play is crazy.

He literally had the 4th most assist in the Man City squad last season At 22 Messi had 92 goals and 46 assists in 200 games while Haaland had 187 goals and 44 assists in 236 games Ronaldo: Minutes per goal or assist at 21 was 156. Messi: Minutes per goal or assist at 21 was 103 Haaland: Minutes per goal or assist at 21 was 78 Haaland has the best minutes per goal ratio of any player to compete in the champions league scoring on an average of every 64 minutes, fastest player to 10,20 and 30 Champion league goals most of these broken before joining city, Quickest and youngest player to reach 50 goals in Bundesliga history, broke the epl top scoring record for 1 season in his first season Do you remember the good old days where they had Sterling and Mahrez running all the way to the goal line and putting in a cross that nobody got to? You remember how Phil had to stop playing on the wing where he performed the best and become a make shift false 9 who struggles to finish consistently? The team isn’t playing to his strengths, 68% of his runs aren't used by Man City team-mates, This guy can reach any level

I like how haaland keep proving doubters wrong

Imagine that.. they actually play to the Number 1 or Number 2 striker in the entire worlds strengths and he scores 4. They were doing that all last season and it won them the treble. Not sure why in parts of this season they just stopped. KDB being out for sure didn't help but we just saw Foden lift a ball over for a goal. It's not difficult.

I really wouldnt mind a 9 like Haaland. When you use him well, he's infuriatingly good

Mancity doesn't want to cede possession by lobbing the ball to Haaland. That's not the Pep style. It's not about Haaland. It's about winning

I love the narrative that Spurs are going to cause City trouble, they couldnt beat an egg at the moment, Chelsea smashed them the other night...Chelsea!!!

Raheem Sterling doesn’t get enough credit for how much he did at City.

They need to play to Haalands strengths. Through ball and be more direct

People want to find fault and criticise Erling. In Australia we call it the tall poppy syndrome. Personally I think he is the most dynamic striker I've ever seen which is high praise considering some of the prior greats of the game and how incredibly good they were. Will always be an Aguero fan, he was our best ever striker but Erling is superb, an amazing athlete.

It depends on the opponent if they deep in the box they cant play like today

It is bit of underwhelming season for him and City in general due to mistakes made in last summer window, but this summer those mistakes will be amended, expect heavy investment in midfield, wings and fullback and team will be back to its best

Moreno comments “sterling got 91 goals” in surprise just shows how little this dude actually know. I can’t believe people listen to him when it comes to the Prem. He’s hopeless.

Maybe ask Rudiger this question

Haaland is a ultimate goal scorer 💙💙

Does ale know sterling has been a starter for Liverpool and man city through his entire career, the centenarian in 2018 & the best player in the league in 2019

They use Haaland in different ways that are pretty apparent. They either play him directly in space when it is advantageous to or they use him to draw defenders and create space for the wingers. He's there to help the team score goals, not to just score goals himself.

I'm fully confident non of this people have the capacity to be a football coach all what their good on criticizen coaches

😡If you say Haaland only score in small team. Then it means all his team mate score in small club too?.. because he surely play in same game as them. If he don't score you say ghosted, if he score you say small team or tap in. Why don't you say the same when Fooden and Alvarez score on those club as well? Stop that rude, disrespectful and toxic to Haaland. He has done non harm or bad thing than only want to play for his club. To say much bad things to a young boy that did a good work and still develop is so cruel.

"league 2" player is the topscorer 25 goals with also 12 weeks out this season. The critic he is getting is comedy and laughable tbh. best nr. 9 in football by a mile.

I believe in the integrity of silva,ange and David moyes, all no nonsense managers and professionals, they won’t let their teams rollover for city, doesn’t mean city won’t win all 3 but there is bound to be at least 1 close game amongst the 3, we arsenal also have to beat united which is insanely tricky as well, not to mention Sean dyches Everton will definitely park the bus at the emirates, I know they are safe but I didn’t see any lack of desire from them against Luton during the week. Both city and arsenal are going to have some hairy moments let’s see who handles the pressure

Where are my Haaland haters who said he isnt the best striker in the world? Who else is scoring 4 goals this regularly 🤣? That header was ronaldo esque.

Wolves should have asked some tips from rüdiger😂

How nice would it be for all Man United fans if our team can actually come and shut Ali up next week for that comment at the end😂😂

Ale’s comment on Man utd 😅was a good one!

I'm impressed by HALAAND, he's a great player but today he played really good, that headed goal 👌 and that finesse shot🔥👏

If only Halaand could score like this in big games

Big Les man what a great man.

Wolves gave him too much space to run into

How right can you be it's criminal they don't cross the ball more, the very least it creates more uncertaincy other than trying to walk the ball into the net.

That peice of info was shown on one of those pundit podcast , just after the game 91 premeire league goals ,

How do you defend against Haaland? Rudiger: Hold my beer.

Too bad he didn’t play against Real Madrid

Finally, these guys get it about Haaland. Took awhile, but you got there in the end. And as Ale eluded to, the most dynamic, the most entertaining team in the history of mankind, joking aside, Man Utd are highly motivated and still capable of making City drop points on a bad day.

Im as surprised as ally about the 91 goals scored by Raheem sterling.... 😅

Really impressed with the quality of this panel. Pep could learn a thing or two from these ham n' eggers.

The mighty Wolves!

These guys will always find a way to criticize City, even if they win by 10 goals, but if Arsenal grinds out a win, they'll receive praise how great they are.

Stevie is absolutely right. I have been screaming this at Guardiola the whole season if your opponent doesn't closes you down and parks the bus don't force passes into impossible spaces, just float the ball for Halaand then we will see whether no one will start coming at KDB😂😂😂

In a way they are criticizing pep's coaching style 😂😂😂

Only Cancelo and Kevin Debry crossed the ball. Since Cancelo left only Kevin does it sometimes

Real Madrid actually showed the way to defend against this man city. Simple answer to the question.

As long as his defender is not called Rüdiger...

Lol City didn't say ok we're playing to Haaland's strengths. It's how Wolves set up to press, the space was there.

After arsenal game fans in crowd were staying going to city game being a weird one as want to win but also want to lose - or cheer or Man U and hope they get result v arsenal before hand

I'm genuinely nervous West ham and Tottenham are desperate it's going to be a scrappy last 3 games

Love how pep just casually dropped a change of formation and style of play with #2 no.10's with 3 games to go. This is how City will play next season. City have been average (As to their standards) this season and will still win the league. RIP everyone next season. 5-peat loading...

What about big games??

Haaland is a great goal scorer but lets not get over the top..WHAT does Haaland do against Top Teams. NOTHING he goes missing..eg Liverpool: Arsenal: Madrid both games..missing..same as Foden missing

Pundits are just entertainers..weeks back they were talking trash about haaland..

Re "Jules' Spurs being shambolic": from the way the mgr was talking, Spurs' season is probably over and he's looking to the next season already? He said he wanna ship out some players so those players who know who they are will tend to go on a holiday mood than fighting hard for the team. Spurs 20-80 MC in White Hart Lane

Different teams defend City/Haaland differently. If certain passes aren’t there because he is being double or triple teamed, then you don’t force it. I kind of think Pep knows what he is doing.

Takes away from these pundits who say Haaland is not as good, and then when he does do well, "Oh, he's good." F off.

This is why I said Gabriel Jesus for all his skill on the deck is no competition for Haaland who has mastery on the floor and in the air. It was a no brainer, Gabriel was just too small...!

Finally Stevie!! Put the ball in box. City needs to put the ball in the box more. Haaland will hit the target 9 out of 10 times

I’m sorry but Harland is coming across as someone who can only do his things against the smaller teams. Not seeing him do this against the other top opposition unless anyone has an example I’ve missed.

You need to call upon Antonio Rudiger. He'll have Haaland in his pocket.

'Must win' creates its own special pressure, and none of the teams City or Arsenal face are carrying the same burden - I'd say there's room for a draw on either side of the equation.

Ask Rudiger.......

Thought of ManU might cause any trouble for Arsenal is nuts!

The repeated non ense of Man City not playing to Haaland's strengths doesn't make any sense since Haaland broke all records playing in Pep's system. The difference between last season and this season is pretty obvious. He just hasnt been very clinical. So many goals that he missed this season he was finishing last season. It wasn't uncommon for Haaland to have only three shorts in the whole game and two of them ending up in goals.

Wolves have always been a torn in the flesh for City so is normal they get that win today

Citi and Pundits = one family

Raheem Sterling.......91 goals?!?!?!?! After Brexit, the pound sterling dropped off hard!

Its not his fault if Real Madrid,Liverpool spend billions and start playing like Burnley with 9 man in box. It needs courage to play like a BIG club and be a BIG club.

Did haaland score this season against arsenal? Jus asking 🤷‍♀️

Very easy, we see it all the time that when he plays a good team and defender he cant bully he does nothing. city always destroy these sides at home 5 or 6 nothing.,

If KDB was on his game, Haaland would've had a double hat-trick! But keep telling us how he's a "League 2 Striker"...🙄👌 C'mon CITY!!!🙌💙

How do you defend against that? Just ask Real madrid, arsenal and aston villa😂😂

Highly unlikely but Man United would love to decide the title by beating Arsenal. Again unlikely but they do have their moments

Just bring Rüdiger. 😂🤣

The fact of the matter ,is that it is in City' s hands,so enough said.

Only Van dik and Rudiger can keep haaland quiet

Simple ,all the big teams doing all the time entire season,at the moment he is just bullying small team

Kasey Keller needs to STOP INTERRUPTING PEOPLE

ASK Saliba and Gabriel they bullied him

He only does this when he plays against smaller teams. Against Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Aston Villa etc he goes missing

Manchester United winning against Arsenal at Old Trafford would not be that surprising - on their day they can beat the top teams, plus they did for Liverpool.

Where was this against Real Madrid

As a United fan do I just love how you make fun of our clown of a manager all the time. I have been a United fan for 43-44 years and I have NEVER felt so embarrassed over the manager I have than now. I have not even been close to feel what I feel about our manager now. The man is a total disgrace and if INEOS decide to keep Ten Hag for next season, then I lose all my hope of us to ever becoming a league winning club again.

Its not easy for Erling when they play against teams that parked the bus

So they know more than Pep er no!

When Rudiger finally took him out of his pockets

United wants Arsenal to win, and Tottenham wants City to win.

The Tapaaland's finally a tapaaland 😆

They're all experts, if its that simple, why aren't they managing?

You defend that by letting newcastle owners no limit spend and breaking rules so they can catch up with cheaty

Arsenal ain’t winning at theatre of dreams which they hardly do.

What’s with the rock music?

Tottenham would be stupid to let go of 3 points in man city game. They are themselves chasing a top 4 ucl place. And they have 1 extra game than aston even though they are 7 points behind letting go of ucl spot for spoiling arsenal's party is stupid. They will lose more from 5th place finish than a pl title will gain arsenal

He isn't a big game player that's a fact

By not giving him space

Against small teams that cannot defend he gets a lot of goals . Against big teams he offers nothing most time . He's far far far awG from being anything close to a complete striker