Haaland is Poor with the Ball ?! Just Watch This

Erling haaland is being wrongfully tormented for his balling skills

[@moestack87]

highlights can make anyone look good. even mctominay.

[@patrickmitchell3258]

best striker in the world, would kill ur team

[@gourmondal5812]

Kane@@patrickmitchell3258

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

Exactly, people need to understand that you can’t just judge a player solely off of their KZbin highlights because you need to actually watch the games and that’s another sign of people who don’t know ball

[@chineduonyemem7727]

That not the point. The argument isn’t saying if he’s good or not, cause he absolutely is. However people are saying he doesn’t know how to do anything with the ball, which is exactly what this video is..

[@gabrielleauguste5120]

@@chineduonyemem7727 all professional players at this level can have highlights of that sort though. it’s the consistency that truly matters though. Love the guy but a 9 min highlight doesn’t prove much.

[@koji746]

Thank you for clarifying the truth . he is good with the ball not just a finisher

[@Victor_386]

All I saw was clumsy robotic dribbles

[@XDXDXDXD534]

XD

[@Jefstito]

Haaland fans, just so you know, you dont have to “defend” Haaland ball skills… the only reason you might think you have to is because you grew up watching Messi and Cristiano and you think the best player in the world should be able to do it all… it doesnt work that way. Those monsters are in a whole different level. Thats why they are the goats. The truth is that most top forwards (even balon d’or winners) were similar to Haaland, as in they were really good at something and not that great at others. People like Shevchenko, Inzagui, Raúl, Owen, Cantona, etc… neither of them were even close to be as complete a player as Messi and Cristiano. Only player I can think of is Ronaldo Nazario. Thats it. Haaland is a “specialized” striker and thats absolutely fine, specially at the insane level he does what he does. No need to sell Haaland as something he isnt. Just appreciate what he is and enjoy him… the sad truth is that eventually he will be gone and all we can do is watching him while we can

[@Farigoal95]

I didn’t know he did so many nutmegs: crazy plays.

[@Preludedraw]

I guess Pep doesn't allow him to take long with the ball.

[@nibrasansari17]

It’s not that Haaland can’t be good with the ball. It’s the lack of impact in big games when the team needs you to step up that world class players do, which Haaland so far hasn’t done since his debut season. To be the “best player” players need to step up against hard opponents which is what Messi, Ronaldo and even Mbappe did

[@vkloz4162]

He dosen't need to score to help team win, Giroud not score but he is still important with France ok? Why he have to score all the game

[@1reviravoltanotempo611]

When big games arrive, a center forward like him receives more attention from the defenders, the structure of the formation doesn't allow as much freedom, the goal usually comes from the middle or from a dead ball.

[@nibrasansari17]

@@vkloz4162 Giroud is good with link up play, one-two passing, shielding the ball, and pressing when the opponents have possession. You very rarely see Haaland do that

[@nibrasansari17]

@@1reviravoltanotempo611 That’s what makes world class players good. Cuz every top player would obviously get attention. Look at Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe, you think opponents don’t give them attention? Everyone tried to stop them but they still did something to impact the game. Haaland has to bring smth to the table too. Semi final and finals in the UCL and other cup competitions he needs to improve

[@Samariapain]

Like an old Chinese woman walking to the shops

[@Samariapain]

Like a ninja sliding through time wrapped in carpet

[@Samariapain]

Mostly I like him because he resembles a sock

[@Samariapain]

Mostly I like him because he resembles a sock

[@Samariapain]

I'll probably take a fold for the Chinese comment?

[@Samariapain]

It's a Marshall Artist term

[@kya98]

He is good on the ball, its just pep doesn't like to involve him in the build up

[@alone2break]

Well pep has better players to do that, pep needs haaland to finish the move.

[@franksimonda9991]

We watch full games. How many times does he play like that in a single game? Zero times. It takes him 10games to play just one single moment of such.

[@ammarahmedd]

Yeah I think its not hard to do it when you have half a pitch open ahead of you 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Twrkeenntedj83]

Can we have a video of Roy Keane comfortable with the ball too? 😂😂 I only found videos of his harsh tackles

[@dzemilmehovic5271]

he was actually insanely comfortable with the ball. He dictated tempo of games by himself. Now kids on social media only pull out his tackles but he was actually world class with the ball. He could do anything with it. You dont become Cloughs fav midfielder by not being great with the ball, you know?

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

Erling Haaland is an elite striker, when it comes to scoring goals, he’s so good and consistent at doing that nobody is arguing against it but I feel like in the Manchester City system particularly in big games, his weaknesses are being constantly exposed which has attracted a lot of criticism from fans and pundits. You think of a traditional striker, their job is to score goals consistently and he does that best, someone who’s average doesn’t score 50+ goals in his debut season in England, but the thing is that beyond the goals someone like Haaland can only impact the game if he’s getting service. There’s not an issue with that because it’s his role in a team and he has to occupy the spaces that he’s asked to occupy from his manager and since football is a team sport, you have to rely on your teammates to be successful. What I have an issue is when people push an agenda that an out and out striker like Haaland can be the best player in the world solely off of just his goals. The term “best player” refers to someone who is the complete package and yes goalscoring is part of it, your ability to produce a moment of individual brilliance out of nothing and being able to contribute to the team in multiple different ways that’s what separates a great striker from a great player. He is only elite at scoring goals and there are so many players who are much better than Erling Haaland because they can consistently score and create: Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Neymar Kylian Mbappe Harry Kane Ronaldinho Luis Suarez R9 Karim Benzema Kevin de Bruyne Vinicius Junior Mohamed Salah Thierry Henry etc. . Overall, he has a lot of limitations in his game and I just feel like he can never truly be the best player in the world, he can only be seen as the best striker in the world because best player vs best striker there’s a difference in that. It’d be unfair to say that relying heavily on his teammates means that he can only score goals when he plays for Manchester City. While playing alongside creative players helps him, if you look at his goals per game ratio at Borussia Dortmund RB Salzburg and Norway, it’s proof that he’s a scoring machine. Pep’s system at Manchester City doesn’t allow Haaland to get involved in the game very much compared to when he was at Dortmund. They have a lot of creative attackers, they see Haaland as a pure striker meaning that without the ball, he won’t do much to track back or drop deep and in possession sometimes they don’t create for him and this leaves him isolated in attack. That’s something that Pep has to sort out because he scores so many goals and it’s what he does best, but you can find many ways to bring out the best in him because he’s not contributing to the team when he’s not scoring.

[@Jefstito]

Thats the “Messi-Cristiano” bias talking. Before Messi and Cristiano the “complete package”, didnt exist. There were several balon d’or winners that had limitations in their game like Owen, Cannavaro, Baggio, Weah, Nedved, Shevchenko… If you grew up watching Messi and Ronaldo you have a distorted vision of who the best player should be. It has always been the best player or most determinant player that plays on the team that won it all. The thing with Messi and Cristiano is that they were so absurdly above everyone else, that it seemed stupid to give the prize to someone else (Ribery, Sneijder, Iniesta, Lewandowski) even if they won more, but thats not the metric that historically has applied to football and I dont think we should be placing it on Haaland or any other player because Messi and Ronaldo should not be the standard but the ideal. Im not saying your criticism is wrong or anything, btw, and Im not “shaming you” for helding that standard; but I think you’ll realize this on your own as time passes and you realize just how privileged we were to see these two guys. Most likely, we will never something like that while we live

[@athulkrishna8522]

He was more involved in the play during his leipzeig and dortmund days. Pep has changed him into a box player

[@aadilshaikh3157]

Norway people were not watching football just because of haaland more than 40 million people watching football

[@zloymedved2004]

Impressive, very nice. Let's see Harry Kane highlights.

[@cristhianjhonplazaaraujo3457]

👍👍

[@matrixxx3662]

Most of these clips are from his pre City days. Maybe he has lost it since he joined City.

[@Futbolistic10]

I think guardiola wants him just to score tap ins

[@Dilllll26]

think he put on more muscle and became less agile and quick on his feet

[@vkloz4162]

Roy keane just a bastard, he ended Haaland father career, he has to stm and get out of football world

[@praddyumnathorat1128]

Haalands fathers career ended 2 years after that tackle , that too becoz of the other leg , not the leg that he tackled , and Roy Keane also said , haaland has to develop his game , and he's sure he will , the media just clickbaits on three words , so ur probably a lockdown fan , or ur a snowflake sushie , maybe football ain't for u , coz everyone has said it , about haalands overall game , keane isn't the first one

[@Futbolistic10]

​​@@praddyumnathorat1128thanks. Didn't know about the info

[@vkloz4162]

@@praddyumnathorat1128 but Roy keane is still a bastard

[@alejandrolagos9603]

Haland needs space to show his speed and ball control in counter atacks like in dortmund. In city he is forced to play a static number 9 and he only can score tap ins, same way aguero lost his drible playing for pep. He is not benzema but also the man city system dosent allow him to show his strengs, for me he was a striker for madrid or liverpool.

[@Midnight_Tyrant]

All good and dandy in farmers league.

[@fernandoenriquez432]

No one said he is poor with the ball reminds me of lewandowski but doesn't shoot at a distance lewandowski did shoot from far

[@marioaf85]

Well he isn't great is he? Easy to see Roy Keane's point despite being hyperbolic

[@giannisbasilopoulos2089]

Still with big teams he is ghost

[@Farigoal95]

Let him cook.

[@thisguyrighthere8502]

Showing highlights while he was at Dortmund, Salzburg, and even going as far back as Molde years ago only proves Roy Keane's point tbh.

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

His numbers are excellent, I think Erling Haaland’s performances in big games has led to uncomfortable conversations surrounding him. Even though last season, he scored 50+ goals and won a lot, the reason why he didn’t win the Ballon Dor not just because of Messi’s World Cup win and performances, he doesn’t have a Ballon Dor to his name because of his inability to deliver in big games for his team when it matters the most. Since joining Manchester City: 0 goals and 0 assists against Liverpool at Anfield twice and in the Community Shield, against Arsenal home and away in the Premier League, Community Shield as well, Manchester United in the FA Cup final, Real Madrid in both legs of the champions league semifinals, Inter Milan in the Champions League final and Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup final. As good as his numbers, football isn’t just about stats because what bothers me is not just his lack of goals and assists in those games, the guy literally does nothing he doesn’t touch the ball. I know he’s a striker, but isn’t it concerning that a “Ballon Dor” contender doesn’t touch the ball in high profile games, he literally has less than 20 touches and gets taken out of the game way too easily. Their system doesn’t play to his strengths because you’re not expecting Haaland to dribble past 4 players and score, that’s what guys like Messi Ronaldo Neymar Mbappe Henry Ronaldinho etc those players do that. You have to give this guy service and if someone like Kevin De Bruyne for example is having an off day, who’s feeding him the ball. I think his presence opens up a lot of opportunities for the other Manchester City players, but his general linkup play is poor and while Roy Keane has every right to criticize him, calling him a “League Two player” I disagree with that. Everyone is forgetting that he’s still 23 years old and what he did last season was incredible and even without being in top form all season, he still leads the premier league in goals, with his age he has plenty of time to improve on those weaknesses.

[@fdfnfgnjfdjfjfk1436]

Zlatan 100times better

[@kfrfansub]

He is strong and fast and has the best striking ability but he is not a good dribbler.

[@crimnvL]

i mean keane wasnt wrong that part of his game has regressed

[@ubachiuchendu5385]

He ain’t good with the ball highlights can make Antony or Mudryk look good

[@EstifMulugeta-ob4yt]

And havertz

[@telvindunoh8564]

😮

[@luciocamarena6716]

haaland is just a puppet under pep's coaching, he used to have more expression on the field

[@1reviravoltanotempo611]

At Borussia he had much more personality

[@Mc-kk4fd]

His ball control is not so good even here but he compensates with extreme speed and strength so he manages to keep it a lot of times. In the end he’s very efficient and a great asset to probably every team but no matter how many goals he’ll score there’s nothing to compare with the greats of the game and even though I like him if he’ll ever win the ballon d’or this way I’ll see it as a proof of how pathetic and statistic the judgement became. He shouldn’t be in the conversation even with 200 goals a season imo.

[@magik410]

Anyone listening to roy keane is a mug. Please explain what qualifies him to be the authority on whether erling is good or not? Just think about it, he probably wouldnt play erling if he was the manager 😅 if that doesn't instantly disqualify your opnion idk what does. And he was a TERRIBLE manager but we choose to forget that coz we're suckers for an irish accent and a tough guy act.

[@praddyumnathorat1128]

Are u seriously that dumb , ??😂. What qualifies him ? Probably first of all he's a pundit , it's his job to speak about football, and also he's a PL legend , a treble winner and a player that actually played it and won on the Highest level and much more. So what ??him not being able to manage has nothing to do with this. 😂. Managing isn't only about , players profile , and all most of these clips , aren't even from this season , they are from his Dortmund and Salzburg days , which is only actually proving keane's point , since coming to City except the first few months , haaland has become a total system player, only like a programme , which sometimes works and fails against big teams . And further Keane actually said that haaland will surely develop his game , but u don't see media covering the whole sentence do ya ? They clickbait to get views . , and also highlights of Scott mctominay will make him look like frenkie de Jong , u see it in matches, haaland has averaged 6 touches a match , ederson takes more touches than him , so is that a "" mug ""now . Facts can't be mugs .

[@gentlestrokes2139]

this hightlight video that you made could not be more than 10 minutes long 😂😂😂 Come on, Pepe or Even Maguire have moment like this, it just most of the time they are stuck with the ball, plain and simple

[@gabrielleauguste5120]

I’m a huge Halaand fan. No better pure striker at the moment in my opinion. But a highlight of 9 mins can be done for any player, including league 2 players. I think he does need to improve on other aspects of his game. Like having better impact on build up and on creativity. Once he gets better at those he will be unstoppable because the best defenders will also have a hard time figuring out his next moves. He is not having the impact he should have in most of the big games and i think it’s because he needs to improve on these other aspects of his game.

[@shaquillethomas1544]

Halaand wont improve anything,he will be just another Lewandowski

[@Jefstito]

@@shaquillethomas1544I agree and thats not a bad thing. Give me a fucking a prime Lewandowski any day of the week. People think that because he will never be Messi or Ronaldo thats somehow bad… Haaland is a monster at what he does and there’s no reason why he should try to be something he is not. I do think he has to improve his right foot and his one-twos. Lewandowski became unstoppable once he got good at that. Haaland can still Be better, which is scary

[@theretrostag]

Very poor

[@rooneyferdinand]

People saying not enough clips from him at city don't understand that pros try to play like they are asked to play. Pep exclusively asks Haaland to not come for the ball and make runs in behind as much as possible. He is great with the ball, just not a De Bruyne or Silva. Pep knows this, and plays to his biggest strength.

[@zubairbawa1867]

If his league 2 then dwight mcneil is a fucking sunday league player