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Erling Haaland is a shrewd operator for Man City. Despite his lack of touches in a game, he still managed to score 36 goals in the Premier League last season. But why does he barely get involved across 90 minutes? JJ Bull explains
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37 Comments
"8 MILLION goals" 🤣🤣
He doesnt like to hurt them
Haaland needs to carry the ball more. Not saying he needs to get much better at dribbling but he needs to be able to be on ball a little bit better and more comfortably. He’s already unstoppable with all his limitations on ball of this man starts dribbling and shooting from outside the box then there is literally no stopping him
Haaland adds much more being off the ball, he attracts all the defenders towards himself and makes way too much space
One of these days Haaland is going to score 5 goals with only 5 touches 😂
This presenter is so funny and super intelligent. He my favourite football personality on YouTube. Please never change, we love the banter. 😂
This is obvious to people that watch the games but people that don't just say that he ghosted in the ucl final
Honestly most of the criticism comes from ignorance really. People just watch the ball when watching the game and matter of fact, a lot of the don't. They go to these stat apps and judge how good someone is from there.
Haaland Just scored hattrick
baller just scored a hatty
Having fewer touches makes him better. City have so many players that are great on the ball and at creating chances – what they need is someone to have those chances created for, and that is Haaland. If he has possession in the build-up, he can't be in the box ready to receive the ball and score, so those touches would be actively hurting the team.
Haaland 😂 just scores a hatrick with just 15 touches on whole game.
He is something different
Tap in merchant
Its simple.. the team around him is damn good
Quiet child he's got a hat-trick. Go back to your unemployment
17 touches and 4 G/A tonight 😅😅
That’s about a goal every 10 touches 🧐
And he's just gone and scored a hat trick.
Who is here after the hat trick 😅😂
Haaland scored a hat-trick and provided an assist today vs fulham with only 16 touches.
1 goal contribution per 4 touches, insane 😅
I have no problem with his touches I have a problem with him being compared to much better player example messi, mbappe
This was kinda obvious but fun hearing it laid out anyway 😀
it's insane to me that Haaland perfom so well in this City team because target striker just don't fit this style of play. it shows how remarkable he is scoring so much in a play-style he's not suited for.
He plays like Ronaldo
He's called Erling Tapland for a reason
Honestly who cares about touches? Why do commentators or pundits on match day keep bringing it up? Havertz had tonnes of touches for Chelsea and look how that worked out.
He's a ridiculous machine who needs the slightest sniff of a chance. Of any player in the Prem to have played most of last season, only Brennan Johnson had fewer touches (0.1 fewer lmao) than Håland on average last season and yet look at what he did.
Haaland doesnt need to touch the ball. He just looks at it and the ball flies into the net.
Kai Havertz
Haaland said it himself. His dream is to score 6 goals in 6 touches.
Hugo Sanchez: Rookie Numbers 😂😂😂
Kinda harder to fight of possession when you got kevin de bruyne feeding you world class passes left and right
Try to explain this to my compatriots brazilians that thinks all number nine has to be Ronaldo 😂
Did Pep forget to tell him that KDB is injured and that he should expect less goals this season?
He’s doesn’t control the tempo he’s a out and out cf
We need more content highlighting players activity off the ball…
If he touches the ball 3 times and scores 3 times, to me that's the ideal situation 😂
Gone are the days of Thiery Henry where a striker would be deeoly involved in buildup and general play.