Erling Haaland finally added Brentford to his list of Premier League clubs for which he has scored against in the year and a half since arriving at Manchester City. Now the circle is closed, there are no longer those who defended themselves from the Norwegian forward. However the topic of the past few days, especially after the game with Chelsea (1:1), is Haaland‘s drop in form, rather than his scoring against 21 different clubs. Off course, nobody says that 17 goals in 20 league games, and five in six Champions League matches is a poor performance, but compared to last season’s 52 goals in 53 appearances, it can be said that Erling Haaland is not at the same level.Haaland ends his jinx in a win over BrentfordThe 1-1 draw with the Blues was the perfect example, since Haaland failed to checkmate Đorđe Petrović out of as many as nine shots into the frame of the goal. And he struggled against Brentford as well, he sent the ball into the goal frame four times out of six shots, but only once accurately. Contributing to the current situation was a foot injury at the end of last year, due to which the 23-year-old striker was out for almost two months and missed 12 matches. Pep Guardiola pointed that out after the game.”I wasn’t a journalist when I was young, but I remember the advice of a friend who told me that you should never criticize a top-class striker and goalscorer, because he will surely gag you at some point. Top strikers score a lot of goals. Don’t criticise, because he will shut your mouth. Haaland has been out for two months due to injury and is still not at his best, and this was a difficult week for him because he lost his grandmother. It’s not easy for any human being” City’s coach defended his player who won the game with his goal.Pep apologises to Phillips for ‘overweight’ criticismGuardiola also explained that he left Kevin De Bruyne on the bench for the match with Brentford because the Belgian complained of discomfort in his leg muscle, so he did not want to risk another injury to the player who only recently returned to the field after a long break.”It’s nothing serious, he’ll be back with us soon” added Guardiola.This is legal, but it shouldn’t be! You need a map to figure out how City signed SavioEnglish journalists also asked the Spaniard why he never wanted to become a journalist.”Because I’m a coach. My life is better than yours. Nothing personal” the trophy-winning strategist replied in his own style.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUETuesdayMan.City – Brentford 1-0 (0-0)/Haaland 71/Wednesday 22.30: (1.20) Liverpool (7.25) Luton (12.0)***odds are subject to change***
