Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland has scored 31 goals since joining Manchester City last summer - but Jamie Carragher has questioned whether he is the right forward for Pep ...

[Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) and were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by [Southampton](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/southampton-fc). It's far easier to get at Manchester City now, as we saw today, and that's the big problem." Haaland's been sensational, the goals that he's got for Manchester City. Although Pep Guardiola's side are enduring a tricky spell, they still have a good chance of catching Arsenal, as the two teams must play each other twice. The result leaves the champions second in the table - five points behind Mikel Arteta's [Arsenal](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/arsenal-fc) having played a game more. Carragher believes it is easier to attack against City when Haaland is in the team. "You're laughing [Micah Richards], but we're not seeing everything of Yet Carragher thinks the forward's record could be even better at another club. They are still in the [FA Cup](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/fa-cup) and the [Champions League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/champions-league). [Let us know in the comments below!](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-city-tottenham-carragher-haaland-29142364#comments-wrapper) [City's 1-0 defeat](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/kane-tottenham-man-city-arsenal-29139066) at [Tottenham](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/tottenham-hotspur-fc) on Sunday - their fourth [Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league) loss of the campaign. [Jamie Carragher](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/jamie-carragher) believes [Erling Haaland](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/erling-braut-haaland) may have joined the wrong club in [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) - despite the Norway international scoring 31 goals this season.

Haaland may have scored 25 Premier League goals this season but he was far from his best at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

Spurs expertly limited the supply to Haaland and enjoyed a relatively comfortable afternoon as a result. A video has arisen of Haaland’s full highlights versus Spurs and it’s fair to say he looks a far cry from the player who first joined the club. [Harry Kane’s](https://www.givemesport.com/harry-kane) record-breaking goal proved to be the difference in the end as [Pep Guardiola’s](https://www.givemesport.com/pep-guardiola) side were unable to score away at Spurs for the fifth successive game. For the first time in his Premier League career, Haaland failed to score or have a shot all match – hardly what you expect from a world-class striker. In fact, there’s a case to say it was the Norwegian’s worst game in a City shirt so far, considering he failed to have a single touch in the opposition box all game. [Erling Haaland](https://www.givemesport.com/erling-haaland) may have scored 25 [Premier League](https://www.givemesport.com/premier-league) goals this season but he was far from his best against [Spurs](https://www.givemesport.com/tottenham-hotspur) at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

It's an extraordinary viewpoint from the former Liverpool defender given Haaland has scored 25 league goals in just 20 appearances this season. But the Premier ...

“Haaland will still score 25 league goals and a lot of those are coming across and he’s putting it in. “I’ve felt this season when he’s scored his goals, I think we’ve only seen 60 percent of Haaland,” opined the pundit, when speaking on Sky Sports. Haaland cut a frustrated figure in North London, leading to Carragher’s claim that the 22-year-old may be at the wrong club.

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

We’re not seeing everything of Erling Haaland. “The team started really, really well with many, many things, creating one or two set-piece chances, but after a mistake we did two weeks ago, today we did it again and of course you have to minimise it, but sometimes it’s not possible. “Manchester City as a team will not play end-to-end football, it’s not Pep Guardiola’s way, they build up slowly, push the opposition back to the edge of the box and play from there. “They’re a different team and a lesser team with Erling Haaland in the team, but it’s not his fault. “He’s scored 25 league goals but Manchester City as a team have scored the same amount of goals, but they’ve conceded more and it’s far easier to counter-attack them as well. And Carragher reckons Haaland may be in the “wrong club” to get the best out of him despite scoring 25 Premier League goals in 20 appearances this term.

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.

Mark Goldbridge has argued that defending Premier League champions Man City would have been better off with Arsenal star Gabriel Jesus over Erling Haaland.

[Haaland](https://www.sportbible.com/erling-haaland) is the clear frontrunner for the Premier League Golden Boot, with the former Dortmund star scoring an incredible 25 times in 20 appearances. I really do,” Goldbridge said. “I actually think if Jesus was still at Man City and Haaland was still at Dortmund, Man City would be at [the] top of the league. Mark Goldbridge has claimed that Manchester City would be top of the Premier League if they had kept Gabriel Jesus and had not signed Erling Haaland. Manchester United fan presenter Goldbridge believes that the “Haaland experiment” has worked for the former Dortmund striker and not for City. Mark Goldbridge claims Man City would be top of Premier League if they kept Gabriel Jesus and did NOT sign Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland scores a lot of goals but Manchester City are a worse team for it. Why did Pep Guardiola go against his instincts?

All about the many and complex cogs that make the whole thing function? Football is a holistic game, a team game, it isn’t an individual sport, but Haaland’s presence makes it more about the glorification of the individual. For a start he’s not actually a footballer in the complete sense; he’s just a finisher. On Sunday, Guardiola started with a 2-3-4-1, with the one being the big Norwegian. Last year after 21 games they’d let in just 13, this year that number is 21. After over half the season, it’s quite clear that City are effectively playing every game he’s on the pitch with nine or nine-and-a-half outfielders.

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.

Haaland's honeymoon period at Man City may well have come to an end, with the Norwegian allegedly unhappy at the moment and open to leaving.

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Erling Haaland failed to impress as Manchester City fell to a fourth Premier League defeat of the season at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

But is there cause for concern regarding his output when Man City travel to the traditional ‘Big Six’ teams? [Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports that Manchester City are “not in the position to think about being champions” following their defeat against Spurs](https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1622316745355661318) and with a potentially season-defining trip to league-leading Arsenal on the cards in nine days' time, the Spaniard may be required to rethink the formula for his Norwegian talisman. [Haaland](https://www.sportbible.com/football/erling-haaland-mark-goldbridge-gabriel-jesus-man-city-847082-20230206) was merely a spectator in a performance that many believe to be his worst since joining the club in the summer.