Can Pep Guardiola coach Erling Haaland into a more all-around player? | ESPN FC Extra Time

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[@ant4613]

Pep doesn't even play to Haaland's strengths at all. So crazy that so many people don't understand football enough to recognize this. It's always Haaland who gets blamed for some reason when Foden, the PL Player of the Year, was even worse, and KDB was horrible as well and subbed off early in yet another final. There's a reason Haaland doesn't score the kind of goals that he did at Dortmund while on City, and suddenly people call him a "tap in merchant" now... it's because Pep wants him to play centrally, in the box, and create space for the wingers to work from the sides and outside the box. Being a "tap in merchant" is exactly what Pep wants him to be, so while I think Pep is capable, he's unwilling to move away from his style of play that's been so successful and therefore Haaland's overall game suffers. Haaland just scores despite it because he's a brilliant goal scorer. And yeah, he does need to be better in finals, but it's a silly narrative that oversimplifies something way more complicated than "0 goals in Finals for City"... well let's take a look at Pep's tactics in these finals, the style of play and what kind of game is taking place. Haaland is still a brilliant player, it doesn't matter what the haters say. He's only 23 years old as well. So many players peaked in their late 20s/30s in football so it's crazy the things people say about young players in this sport nowadays. People should have more respect for these players' talents/skills.

[@Joswag]

W take

[@davnoble8472]

Even as a united fan I fully agree

[@ant4613]

@@davnoble8472 Respect to you.

[@er7099]

Agree but City just won't play attacking game like bvb. Haaland was different beast at bvb

[@tejaswakade9047]

People will never realize Pep can't coach a team with a target man. He failed with Zlatan & he failed with Haaland. Pep is many things but an average coach with target man. The moment pressure is on he goes back into his shell of tiki taka nonsense that has won him 1 CL final in 13 years.

[@yelladean2598]

Sometimes I wonder is Rodri forgets he played under simeone who’s he to complain about boring football😂😂😂

[@davnoble8472]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shawnmagma7090]

Rodri is unbearable. Guys got zero class.

[@michaelelah8106]

​@@shawnmagma7090 Stop the hate Man 😅

[@shawnmagma7090]

@@michaelelah8106 guy is a sore loser. U will never hear him congratulate the opposition. Terrible sportsmanship.

[@ahnafhabibchowdhury2003]

Ikr brother. What a hypocrite.

[@Roodiepoos009]

It's surprising that ESPN didn't draw a red circle around Haaland's face in the thumbnail. It appears to be a ghost.

[@nine6tails661]

To be fair that ghost won his second PL trophy in 2 years then Harry Kane is whole career 😂

[@krisxchirbas9503]

​@@nine6tails661haaland can win all the trophies he wants. He will never be better than the likes of Kane, lewandowski, mbappe etc

[@nine6tails661]

@@krisxchirbas9503 Kane should not be in that conversation with Lew or Mbappe because those two have trophies 🤣

[@krisxchirbas9503]

​@@nine6tails661why not? He's just as good as them. If the conversation is about who's the best striker, then haaland doesn't belong in that conversation. He's the worst big game player I've ever seen

[@zinny999]

Lol and Frank LeDumbo was critical of ETH medical solutions and said why he is getting fired base on these players getting injured. Lol again because There is an entire medical team like a hospital in United and we had similar issue for long long time between managers. Then ETH at Ajax didn't have this sort of issue but let's put blame entirely on eth

[@acchery8910]

Pep is the reason Halland is not a all-around striker. He is the striker Pep wants in the system. Play differently for Dortmund.

[@ant4613]

You're one of the few that understand football.

[@acchery8910]

​@@ant4613 you'd think they'd talk about his previous plays considering ESPN cover the bundesliga. Also, his heading has improved considering he sucked at headers at Dortmund

[@ant4613]

@@acchery8910 They make it seem like he scored all those goals at Dortmund and suddenly he fell off when he went to a "tougher" league. No, he's scoring even more goals at City. So I agree with you and don't understand how they don't recognize this.

[@user-bi4bb6cd9s]

Håland was never an all-round striker, never was, never will be and that's fine. Ppl do what they're good at. His game is determined on specific attributes. Inzahgi never was an all-round striker and his career worked out just fine.

[@The_Judge300]

100%

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Haaland isn't that kind of player though he is pretty much just a good old fashioned goal poacher and a very good one at that. I don't get this modern mentality from pudits that players suddenly have to be great at styles of play to be great now. Messi and Ronaldo in a way ruined everyone's perception of what most players are capable of even the very best.

[@The_Judge300]

100% Many pundits and fans get blinded by techy and flashy players instead of focusing on what really matters in football. Get the ball into the other team's net and stop the other team from scoring. The reality is that even Ronaldo was not the amazing all-round player that many think he was. Yes, Ronaldo scored many goals, but he for sure took extremely many shots as well. Missing on VERY many of them. And he was EXTREMELY selfish. Messi was a fantastic all-round player and a great team player as well. Another reality when it comes to both Ronaldo and Messi, is that it was and still is VERY much easier to score goals in La Liga than it is in the Premier League. If Haaland was to play for Real Madrid, he would score tons of goals.

[@zinny999]

Ten Hag's Manchester United have won more trophies than Arteta's Arsenal. Let that sink in

[@phreakysoul7482]

fa cup 🤣

[@shuraamano]

Hag agenda bs

[@NancyWangui-jm1jw]

Arteta has won fa cup too as a coach idiot

[@ismailbabaaliyu5890]

Go back and count well

[@jaideeppatel7080]

Uniteds road to these trophies have been so easy. Just 2 lucky cup runs Would much rather be in arsenal's shoes

[@shifustoryteller212]

Notice how whenever haaland scores it's always anyone can score for city but whenever the team collectively has a bad game or when haaland doesn't performe we hear this nonsense

[@ant4613]

Yup, I've noticed, you're spot on.

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Congrats to Man United! ❤🎉

[@not2busy]

Erling has been made into a target man. And yes, he can use his physicality to get around defenders, unless of course those defenders start off with a bear-hug. Even if Erling keeps some distance, by the time the ball is traveling through the air towards him, all the defender has to do is grab hold. I've seen this a lot these days and for some reason, a foul almost never gets called when Erling is involved. If it were Kane, he would get the foul every time. It's almost as though the officials decided, Erling's a big strong boy, play on. But City opt not to utilize Erling's speed. I really think he should consider going elsewhere where he can do what he does best.

[@samig9032]

Big strikers have to work harder to get a whistle. It isn’t fair but it isn’t unique to Haaland. All giant strikers have had to deal with this subconscious human bias over the decades. It’s up to Erling to adapt.

[@korbkgunman5714]

All these pundits just talk this guy come to England and dominate the league in front of prime Kane and salah 😒 gosh I hate these former players

[@Lightwaverable]

If anything, Pep is making his all around game worse

[@user-bi4bb6cd9s]

Håland was never an all-round striker, never was, never will be and that's fine. Ppl do what they're good at. His game is based on specific attributes. Inzahgi never was an all-round striker and his career turned out just fine.

[@The_Judge300]

100%

[@rafaeltorres7147]

Why try to make him a more all around player and not just try playing to his strengths for once?

[@The_Judge300]

100%

[@george2198]

Destroy your system, just to help Haaland play. People was on Ronaldo when he came to United about pressing the ball. Does Haaland press the ball. Be consistent... Even when he scored many goals last season, he is not a good ball player. But I can agree with you, if u provide him a chance he is the best striker in the world.

[@CostantinoAlessandroGyas-yk8wu]

Because It means to destroy all the team chimestey to make One player Shine .... So there result you could get Is him scoring a ton of goals but conceding double because the other players aren't built for that style ...

[@sunilps9393]

I wonder if Haaland was in Liverpool, with TAA's pin-point crosses, he would have scored 35-40. They put a lot of crosses into the box.

[@bo0gi3]

y’all bashing Haaland like everyone didn’t praise him all year last season. Crazy how quick people switch up. Haaland is second (maybe third if you include Vini)to only Mbappe in the next generation of great footballers

[@Kevon420]

KZbin comments are more about mindless trolling based on short term memory than anything else.

[@bo0gi3]

@@Kevon420 you right. I just don’t like the constant changing of opinions

[@krisxchirbas9503]

That's because last year haaland had a huge honeymoon period. This year, he's being exposed

[@bo0gi3]

@@krisxchirbas9503 dude is literally still young , he has a lot to learn but his class is undeniable

[@CCMjr]

Lets be as real as possible here, haaland is an elite finisher which as a striker ofcourse is the most important thing, but he is ridiculously average at EVERYTHING else

[@The_Judge300]

If Pep had been more focused on scoring goals instead of being obsessed about ball possession, Haaland would score and assist multiple goals in every single game. Watching Pep's boring sideways/backwards football is extremely frustrating.

[@actiblizzard]

they need to play to his strengths, hes a pretty straight forward forward. When they do hes the best out there. But hes not suitable for every gameplan which makes him a bit of a ghost in some matches.

[@vinnyseurattan5469]

Don Carlos would 100% get more out of Haaland. Pep is stubborn as a mule

[@MalteseBurger]

Haaland would score 50 goals per season with Madrid

[@Tebohomotitimi]

Somebody is mad that Erling just won his second golden boot and his second league title in 2 seasons.

[@CostantinoAlessandroGyas-yk8wu]

Haaland has to improve...

[@qadirbhutta5814]

Don Carlos has absolutely zero tactics or innovation my friend. Madrid to their credit has accumulated the best players from around the globe. All coaches at Madrid including Don Carlos recognise this. They just have to man manage their egos and let them have their moments in the match. Lack of tactis and innovation translates to less possesion and created chances but high quality of players means higher goal conversion with less created chances. City on the other hand has a high IQ genius coach who can incorporate even average players into his innovative tactics resulting in more possession and created chances. Both systems are fascinating to watch for neutral fans like me. But pep is superior to anynother coach. He's a genius just like Messi. You just have to see him game without team bias. My two cents.

[@CostantinoAlessandroGyas-yk8wu]

@@qadirbhutta5814 the problem Is haaland Is more suitable to a real Madrid counter Attack ball ... Because of his athletism and low IQ ball ... Haaland doesn't Need to think , he have to RUN and finish ...

[@eL--RaL]

City just won their 4th prem title in a row They're now back to slamming Haaland again making it seem they didn't win the title United won the Fa cup yeee but Haaland won the league title, the important one

[@telquel7843]

Sure but City actually scored more goals and had a better goal difference before Haaland. I think people's point is with the creative attacking talent around him, Haaland maybe isn't as important at City as he would be at other clubs. And it's a fair point to a degree. Haaland is more of a target man striker, and for City's patient teasing style of offense it's maybe not the best fit as elite as he may be in the role.

[@RDRGUY15]

@@telquel7843city didn't even need him. Just didn't want any one else to have him 😂

[@krisxchirbas9503]

Haalands an average player. That's why

[@telquel7843]

@@RDRGUY15 there's some truth there to be honest, and I think sticking it to his dad's rival's club didn't hurt either. Haaland is a great player but frankly City should sell him because they don't play a system that maximizes his skills and they could get an absolute ransom for him. Haaland is an exceptional player who will regress toward the mean like all others over time.

[@Blaze-2457]

But u said pl was farmers league?😂😂😂 fa cup is bigger than la liga lil Indian kid

[@Fmfcg]

Haaland just won United their 13th FA cup put some respect on his name please

[@Tebohomotitimi]

Same way Garnacho won us the FA cup to complete our treble, just returning the favour. Goodluck bottling the europa league as always.

[@CoconutJewce]

@@Tebohomotitimi What? Garnacho was subbed on in the 70' and was the only good United player that day. 😂Pick a different player. Smartest City fan.

[@Tebohomotitimi]

@@CoconutJewce Thats exactly what won us the fa cup, saying Haaland won you the fa cup is intelligence? Boy am I glad I didnt receive first world education.

[@CoconutJewce]

@@Tebohomotitimi You're not making any sense. lmao

[@Tebohomotitimi]

@@CoconutJewce I don't care, you guys are not gone control the narrative and make us feel like a 2 billion pound squad winning the fa cup is like Jesus coming back.

[@Matt-ou7tu]

The problem with City is that outside of Doku, they don't have a true winger who can beat someone for pace and whip crosses into the box. They rely on inverted wingers too much which means the pitch becomes too narrow. They need another really quick winger for the right part of the front line who can also beat players with pace and whip crosses into the box for when the inverted winger stuff isn't working. City looked a lot more dangerous when Doku came on.

[@krisxchirbas9503]

The ghost of norway disapppears again. Never have i seen a 'world class' player disappear at literally any semi-solid opposition

[@danneal6510]

he is 23 get a grip

[@The_Judge300]

Clown. I suggest you learn a lot more about football, because you are clearly lacking a LOT of knowledge.

[@shaquillethomas1544]

​@@danneal6510but he's right

[@ferreiraolalekan5942]

Henry existing in every big gaames

[@teezyfrmda5th357]

Behave you melt

[@ferreiraolalekan5942]

Are you alright at all man

[@michaelelah8106]

You're right Man. Henry always ghosted in finals

[@amine15777]

Man city need better attacking wingers , they are in the same scenario all over again against teams who defend well they have possesion but it negatif , hope next season savio and doku can make the diffrence like mahrez in city and alvarez need more chance he is a better option than grealish and haaland need to improve his game overall

[@philiq18]

Licha lifting up EtH like he weighed nothing after they won. It was no surprise he could physically match Haaland.

[@henningts]

How is Dortmund reaching the CL final not in the top surprises?? haha

[@hungchoonghow5857]

Haaland looks like a basketball player.

[@user-bi4bb6cd9s]

Håland was never an all-round striker, never was, never will be and that's fine. Ppl do what they're good at. His game is based on specific attributes. Inzahgi never was an all-round striker and his career turned out just fine.

[@palatialslumlord4938]

Giroud has better hold & link up play than Paaland.

[@Raj_tiwari26]

Frank will take hendarson for hard work ahead of ineiesta, modric, zidane,pirlo,kroos,xavi

[@idolgazide8710]

The problem of Manchester city they want to win ball possession but a match. Well done, Manchester United, you deserve it❤❤

[@toothlessanaconda8719]

Haaland… right player in wrong team.

[@MrKaravaj]

I like Haaland, he´s a great striker but no more than that atm. Not a ballon dor-type player yet either

[@The_Judge300]

Haaland was for sure the true Ballon d'Or winner last season, but those frauds gave it to Messi because of the World Cup win. A total joke considering that the Ballon d'Or is no World Cup prize. But the Ballon d'Or has lost it's shine MANY years ago. It has been a popularity contest for many years and not so much about the quality on the pitch.

[@user-bi4bb6cd9s]

I'm not sure what a "Ballon d'Or-type-player" is but the Ballon d'Or award is a performance-based award.

[@ekeneemeife8389]

​@@The_Judge300ronaldo fans keep crying

[@MrKaravaj]

@@The_Judge300 Absolutely not, just because you and some Ronaldo fans think that. WHat do you mean just because of world cup win? Have you been missing out 1998, 2002 or 2006? Keep believing that - thank God your opnion doesnt matter now. Just becuase you dont agree with some winners and probably is a anti-Messi fan doesnt make the award less creditible - remember its the same award where Messi was outside top 30. I just dont understand how people think...

[@MrKaravaj]

@@ekeneemeife8389 Cant believe this. They dont talk about Ribery 2013 lol

[@dalymufc]

Haaland is just better version of lukaku score lots of goals vs rubbish when he can bully bad defenders but complete useless in big matches vs teams that sit deep and get tight to him, BUT HE SCORED 4 GOALS VS WOLVES THO !!

[@MarkWright4678]

Haaland should take a look at how Rashford has responded to criticism and turned himself into MOTM and back as one of Europe top 3 forwards. Haaland doesn't have a good attitude or the skill of Rashford but can improve.

[@telquel7843]

Thing is, Arsenal struggled more against mid table teams. Arsenal had a better record against the big 6 than City and still lost the season. You don't play the big six every week, so while I hear the criticism, I think I needs a bit more context.

[@ianhall3945]

Golden boy winner twice in a row

[@telquel7843]

@@MarkWright4678 rashford a top 3 forward in Europe? 🙃 Jesus, even most man united fans aren't that delusional. Is Rashford realistically even in the top 13 forwards in Europe? Probably not. It's actually impressive how ridiculous this take is.

[@telquel7843]

@@ianhall3945 certainly a perfect measure of a footballer and the only one worth considering. 🙃

[@AsianGentleman]

Because Man United wasn't Man United when SAF took over... that was a stupid question.

[@The_Judge300]

Claiming a player is better because he won a world cup is a crazy take....

[@RasmusPa]

Everyone is a sore loser but truth is Rodri is downright disrespectful and thinks football should be played on his perspective. For somebody who was at Atletico is actually rich of him to think every team should play like City does. Oh and any day ESPN praises United you know the end is near

[@SaiPawiroredjo]

Erlin is a longpas ball player..he can play for RM.Borusa.are for intermilan..not for city

[@AhmedAhmed-xo8jr]

Scholes was amazing

[@nikhilamin1520]

definitely, he could set the tempo of the game, take the ball anywhere, long pass and short passes, plus his goalscoring record is much better than the other 2, and Frank alluded to his work ethic off the ball too

[@jordanhernly1285]

It’s easy to take this show for granted

[@aymanalrsheed5920]

Did Frank just say ETH is at fault for the 60 injuries.??

[@TheWhisperCorner]

Yes. Probably either by the way he's training them, playing them or employing the medical staff.

[@styrishfernando1849]

Head of rehabilitation and physiotherapy Is vacant a position in man united

[@CoconutJewce]

@@TheWhisperCorner ETH doesn't hire and fire the medical staff, you melon. 😂 How can ETH work at Ajax for years without an injury crisis while playing a more intensive system but it happened at United? Surely it's all ETH's fault, right? 😂😂

[@TheWhisperCorner]

@@CoconutJewce I didn't say he did. I'm just guessing what Frank is implying, ya strawberry.

[@gary-92...]

Bro said never served? He scored over 50 last season and 40 odd this season he makes them play worse because all they do is try find him its not pep or his mates fault that without simple shitty tapins he's dreadful id sell him and make Alvarez the main man haalands record in the big games is absolutely atrocious

[@The_Judge300]

You are a clown that do not know or understand football at all. Alvarez the main man? Please tell us all what Alvarez has done this season. All these clowns like you claiming that City are better without Haaland and better with Alvarez and still Alvarez fails in almost all games and minutes he has played and City have done better with Haaland on the pitch. You even tell a total lie when you claim that they always try to find him. Every single pundit, ex player and other football experts have said that the City players try to pass Haaland the ball way to few times. The main problem regarding Haaland is that his team mates DON*T try to find him because of how Pep wants them to play. They spend most of the 90 minutes passing the ball sideways and backwards instead of trying to score goals.

[@s11salemhassan]

Well said Ale 1st question

[@ferrantepallas]

No. Haaland is one-dimensional, wonderfully so, but doing anything else would make him less lethal.

[@cooriegrant871]

I think he's a one-dimensional player

[@DiddyUp]

I love shakas laugh

[@Swishmb]

I believe he’s watching and learning as he gets game time. Next season he’ll spazz

[@anabelina0]

13:26 Venezuela 1 - Argentina 0!!! A beautiful underdog story! 🍷

[@sanjanahira5649]

Someone give me the name of this song.

[@patm6018]

1. Scholes 2. Kroos 3. Xavi

[@gnargnarpogo]

Missed 3 months and still finished top scorer. Haaland is not even near his peak yet

[@el.aye.bee.4477]

This is the same espn that claims Pep and ManCity does NOT play to Haaland's strength.

[@billlynn8256]

clueless geezers.. I thought Man United was a sure thing??

[@willie549]

What strength is that then? He was the same at Dortmund

[@el.aye.bee.4477]

@willie549 ask the two people who said the same thing in the video after I posted my comment (Alie Moreno and Frank) watch the video again, if you must, if you need clarity.

[@The_Judge300]

Let us be real. Moreno, Shaka and Frank together with Gab are the last ones at ESPN that we should listen to. They are not able to remember what they said last time and just come with new waffling that fits the narrative every time. The reality is that PEP does NOT play to Haaland's strengths and it is so extremely obvious to see. I have always said that Haaland would be much better off playing for Real Madrid as they would really play to his strengths. Haaland would also be amazing playing for Arsenal under Arteta as also Arteta would do that.

[@anish91000]

the so called greatest coach of all time should have no issues developing and nurturing a talent like Haaland..

[@user-sk1nz6lb3f]

Foh no one calls pep the greatest coach of all time that title belongs to Ferguson

[@sylviopinnow-up2oe]

Haaland will never be a Messi or Ronaldo but he can be a great goal scorer.. he just needs to adopt better.

[@The_Judge300]

Adopt better? He is clearly told by Pep to play the way he is at City. Haaland didn't play like this at Molde, Salzburg or Dortmund. I promise you that Ronaldo would struggle the same if not even more if he was to play for Pep at City. Even at his prime. Ronaldo had extremely poor shot conversion. MUCH worse than Haaland had this season. And with so few passes as Haaland gets, Ronaldo would most likely be biting Pep's head off if he was in Haaland's shoes. If Haaland had played for Real Madrid instead now, he would score tons of goals and most likely more than both Messi and Ronaldo did in their prime in La Liga. It was and still is so extremely much easier to score in La Liga than it is in the Premier League now.

[@tarisaimaramwidze7302]

@@The_Judge300stop talking nonsense 😂

[@Ozzyanto]

@@The_Judge300Ronaldo also didnt ghost in big games. Ronaldo got the golden boot in premier league as a midfielder. Comparing him to Haaland is a disgrace

[@Tebohomotitimi]

Thats fine, back to back golden boots, back to back titles. He's Haaland, stop living on what happened 10 years ago. Messi will never win 3 world cups, neither will Ronaldo, doesnt mean anyone should hate.

[@Tebohomotitimi]

@@The_Judge300 Struggle to do what? win trophies. If Haaland is struggling what are Isak and them doing? What a waste of a paragraph.

[@FREEC_MURDER504]

Yeah running like a SHARK 🦈 😂😂

[@Erysx12]

I don’t see him playing like the likes of Lewa considering they are both tall strikers I don’t remember even seeing Haaland do a diagonal pass

[@user-bi4bb6cd9s]

Håland was never an all-round striker, never was, never will be and that's fine. Ppl do what they're good at. His game is based on specific attributes. Inzahgi never was an all-round striker and his career turned out just fine.

[@darl11]

I luv franks confident by sayijg they never felt they underdog against Brazil 😁💯

[@1009reaper]

Has pep ever coached anyone into a better player? He buys players who fit his profiles, when they don’t conform he buys the next player

[@judechidozieezenyi9493]

Frank's response to the Varane and Martinez question (around 7:50) is a disgrace.

[@MRKS7899]

Ale's answer is spot on. If you're not a sore loser, then you're not a competitive person.

[@adrianbailey1798]

It is hard for Halaand to be a all round player in Man City because of the pattern of play that Man City play Everyone wants to be the headliners for City team

[@user-bi1yw1du7q]

Dan tomas you are a funny dude. ill give you that

[@jaadullaali5]

9:06 Frank, most of them didn't get the injury during the training. It was heavy match load and lack of option to rotate. Have some insights Frank

[@JJbyo]

He just talks nonsense without a deeper analysis

[@ntsikajelle8777]

'SHAKKA SURELY YOU WERE AN UNDERDOG IN EVERY GAME YOU PLAYED'🤣💔

[@chiderajames8387]

3:40 this is the big problem with Man city. During attack, they are not as versatile anymore & can get quite predictable against teams that set up well defensively

[@emilauriel7505]

If Haaland played for Real Madrid he would score much more. Guardiola doesn't let him play the way he want and should play...

[@blackwhite2361]

He does not have the skill set to be an all-round player. He is strictly a poacher. An all round striker is has these skill set: Speed Strength (Haaland checks this) Dribbling ability (He doesn't check this) An Eye for goal (He checks this) Versatile (He doesn't check this) A perfect example was R9. Haaland doesn't have all these qualities. Hats why it's easy for great defenders to take him out of a game. Simply because he is one dimentional.

[@user-qx3zr5xk2p]

Haaland be like : Give me Sheffield, Give me Brentford, Give me Luton or i retire 🎶 🎵

[@joeamith838]

I've seen this Haaland guy play and his major strength seems to be his height to receive crosses for headers over shorter players...

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

Seems like every time it goes wrong for City suddenly it's all about Haaland???

[@rajendranmuniandy3749]

Carl Walker was the main culprit he was trying to go to the middle just telling rashwod go and attack on my side and score

[@segagenesis7708]

Pep has never even gotten ALONG with his strikers. Let alone developed them. And he never plays to their strengths. Even the better ones he’s been given. Eto’o, Ibrahimovic, Aguero, the list goes on.

[@wamnicho]

He got made aguero better

[@JarrettMehldau]

I assume he got along with Villa and Lewandowski though, didn't he?

[@English-to6qc]

Lewandowski left the chat

[@user-bi4bb6cd9s]

What are you talking abt?! Eto'o and Kun were profilic under Pep

[@segagenesis7708]

@@user-bi4bb6cd9s They were ready made. Eto’o had already won the European Double before Pep got there and was already dominant. Pep shipped him away and he won the Treble with Inter, Pep brought in Ibra, for a ton of money, didn’t play him to his strengths and had to sell him.

[@jimwilson-kl2xs]

The problem is not Haaland, it's Pep's pedestrian boring tiki taka style of play that rarely gets the ball early or enough to Haaland, Haaland needs to find another major club asap

[@RemofRenaissance]

I think Haaland needs to be a more complete player but that being said. I think last year Grealish crossed the ball quite well. But it seems every year he’s becoming more negative in his play which is a shame. Doku, I like. He reminds me of a snake ready to strike which how he slows the tempo down and then bites / accelerates. Pure electricity. Haaland is young and will learn more things - I think Kane would have been a good fit as he’s learned the ability to drop deep and score all types of goals.

[@Nico-nc5qb]

Just remember people wanted to give this guy a Ballón d'Or 😅 It's hilarious!

[@ilzafadilatulhaq1780]

well tbf, its bc in the first season he has at the EPL, HE is BREAKING FKN RECORD, WIN CITY FIRST EVER UCL+TREBLE.

[@yatesy117]

He scored like 50 goals and won the treble in his debut season........."hilarious"

[@eL--RaL]

@@ilzafadilatulhaq1780 here we go again! City rivals slam him but when we talk about Ballon d'Or, they all seem to love and defend him 😂

[@eL--RaL]

@@yatesy117 😂😂😂 Nacho won 5 UCLs, doesn't make him better than Nesta or Staam 😂

[@ilzafadilatulhaq1780]

@@eL--RaL whos talking to you? weird people keyboard warrior

[@DeconstructedLearningOfficial]

Haaland is just a better Lukaku…. He can never be a Zlatan, Benzema, Kane or Lewy. He can never have a magnetic first touch.

[@atifsaeed7917]

Henry and Haaland have one thing in common; They always Ghosted in the Big games

[@MarkWright4678]

Haaland should take a look at how Rashford has responded to criticism and turned himself into MOTM and back as one of Europe top 3 forwards. Haaland doesn't have a good attitude or the skill of Rashford but can improve.

[@nine6tails661]

Ghosted but won trophies still 😂

[@krisxchirbas9503]

Very true. But arsenal and henry fans will be mad at you for this.

[@teezyfrmda5th357]

@@MarkWright4678😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 go to sleep kid 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@nine6tails661]

@@krisxchirbas9503 I just feel bad for Arsenal fans but City are just too good

[@thecountofmontecristo8280]

Frank, you can't blame ETH specifically for all the injuries at Utd. Liverpool had perhaps more injuries than them, along with Newcastle and Tottenham. The fact that several teams experienced severe injury problems refutes the idea that this is down to specific managers. Maybe players play too much football ever considered that. I notice footballers and ex-pros never come out and criticize FIFA/UEFA for fixture congestion - if they do it is very rare. Why? because they are happy taking obscene amounts of money.

[@JamesKGood]

Ya, Frank is funny. Scoles as no.1😅

[@morriesworld2776]

Doku is a waste as a winger not to bring his centre forward into the game more often. Even Raheem Sterling is more effective than him

[@shd70]

Haaland played against two World Cup winners at CB, that's why he was pocketed

[@racapella]

halaand needs a team like real madrid that likes to feed strikers

[@carlo9524]

If it isn't broken don't fix. Simple as that.

[@ibramed8277]

Halaand's dad puts him in this Man City conundrum!

[@khalzo7804]

Frank is the master of saying the same thing, other have already said. In different words

[@palandorstvold5622]

In Germany and before he was an all-round player and did good. But in Man C PEP want him only there so as a good soldier he is doing as he have been told!

[@so-delen4131]

He want’s a number 9 type of player but can’t coach them. Remember how the great Zlatan was handled?

[@hussey1990]

He is great goalscorer, he is not a great player. Crazy how people compare him to Mbappe.

[@user-bi4bb6cd9s]

Håland was never an all-round striker, never was, never will be and that's fine. Ppl do what they're good at. His game is based on specific attributes. Inzahgi never was an all-round striker and his career turned out just fine.

[@CoconutJewce]

Haaland is definitely one of the best strikers in the world. He's being wasted at City. Pep loves to kill players' individual talents and instead mold them into plastic versions of themselves to fit his system. Same happened with Grealish. Same will probably happen with Doku.

[@samig9032]

Will the most prolific scorer in Europe improve, or is he a finished product at 23? Geez, I don’t know 🙄

[@1997lordofdoom]

Leave it to Pep Guardiola to manage to lose against this United team with THAT Man City team, absolutely embarrasing.

[@thegloryhunter3118]

Espn fc - have such a short sighted view

[@tnix80]

Martinez has already paid off despite the injury, won them this cup

[@machoman7896]

There are only two English clubs Man U and Liverpool

[@mrhulk7042]

Legend said Manchester City player still partying 🎉😂😂

[@S.Stifler]

Haaland never scores in important games but farms bottom table teams to score against them.

[@Obs77]

Why Craig Burnley always miss the show when United win the game😅😅😅

[@Tebohomotitimi]

You know you are angry at Man City for winning four in a row when you try to complain about a back to back golden boot winner, this is not Man Utd where the FA cup is the world cup. Sterling wanted to play how he wants to play now he's at Chelsea in the conference, you can tell Stevie wasnt in today the only actual winner. No way Kroos starts over Scholes though.

[@richmansekatane1972]

The hate on Eric ten Hag is boring. They just want him gone

[@robingoh2325]

An eagle does what an eagle does best. You don’t teach an eagle how to fly like the other birds.

[@The_Judge300]

If I was Haaland, I would want to leave City as soon as possible. Pep and City are almost not using his abilities in front of the goal at all. If I was so lucky to be Haaland, and Pep and City do not change this a lot next season, I would hand in my transfer request the second next season is over. Then Haaland will be much better off playing for a different club. I am sure there is a top La Liga club VERY eager to sign him.