Haaland not at Messi’s degree but, says Pep Guardiola

Erling Haaland has set the Premier League on hearth. The 22-year-old striker has up to now scored 17 targets in 11 video games for Manchester City.

Haaland’s red-hot kind is a affirmation of a passing of the guard. We have entered the Haaland period, with the reigns of Ronaldo and Lionel Messi ever diminishing.

However, the Manchester City supervisor feels Haaland continues to be not on the degree of Lionel Messi on the subject of goalscoring prowess.

Pep Guardiola on Lionel Messi and if he now will get the sensation that Erling Haaland will rating in each sport: “The difference, Erling needs maybe all his mates, you know to do it. Unbelievable. Messi had the ability for himself to do it.”pic.twitter.com/rodCdrrvrT

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) October 3, 2022

Guardiola defined the distinction between Haaland and Messi. He mentioned: “The difference is, maybe that Erling needs all his mates to do it. It is unbelievable. [But] Messi had the ability himself to do it.”

Guardiola’s feedback got here proper after the Manchester Derby, the place Haaland’s hat-trick led to a 6-3 out of Manchester United on the Etihad.

.@ErlingHaaland’s third hat-trick of the season! ✨#ManCity pic.twitter.com/KuVlmUz0p6

— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 2, 2022

Messi’s most interesting marketing campaign noticed him rating an unbelievable 73 in all competitions for Barcelona in 2011-12, together with 50 within the Spanish league. Haaland is on track to threaten these figures.

Norway’s failure to qualify for Qatar means he shall be resting whereas the world’s prime gamers compete in the course of what shall be a closely congested season as a result of disruption to the membership calendar.

That midseason break for Haaland has the potential to imply he’s even sharper when the Premier League resumes in December.

Let’s discuss that go from @KevinDeBruyne! 🤤

Pitcam: Manchester derby version 🔜#ManCity pic.twitter.com/JxIjOlMeQl

— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 3, 2022

In hindsight, Guardiola can be proper as a result of Haaland is closely depending on the mid-fielders like Kevin de Bruyne, Bernando Silva, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez. At the identical time, Messi by no means relied on anybody for the help.

Only time will inform will Haaland be capable of break the information of seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi.