He hadn’t scored for ten days. a relative eternity. His record of nine goals in the three months after the World Cup is far from the 23 he scored in the previous four months. He set the bar high before going on vacation, and when he comes back he is having a hard time matching it. Pep Guardiola offered an explanation for the hole that Erling Haaland is going through: “It’s my fault that I don’t receive so many passes because I ask the players to be in control, and when you ask for that, the players don’t want to take risks. They look at Haaland and see that he is always surrounded by rivals.”
Although less frequently, Erling Haaland continues to score. He did it against Arsenal in his team’s last victory, which they then drew against Forest and RB Leipzig without the Norwegian scoring. He did it again on Saturday against Bournemouth. He drew diagonals, looked for spaces and even crashed a ball against the crossbar. And he scored. At minute 29, taking advantage of a drop by Foden after a cross from Gündogan. 33 games, 33 goals in his debut season for Manchester City.
The Norwegian is getting tired of breaking records. He did it again with his goal against Bournemouth. He has scored 27 goals this league season, thus surpassing Sergio Agüero’s record of 26 goals in 2014/15. Haaland is the footballer who has scored the most goals for City in a single Premier League season. And there are still thirteen days ahead.