“Haaland will take time to adjust to England and Pep’s demands just like I did. It may take a while, as it did in the beginning for me, but once he gets into gear, everything will be simpler.”Those were the words of Manchester City legend Sergio Kun Aguero exactly two months ago, as he was a bit sceptic regarding Erling Haaland’s adapting process.Aguero thinks Haaland will need time to adjust to the Premier LeagueFast forward to today, and it would be pleasing to hear what Kun has to say now about the mesmerizing Norwegian striker. He has netted three hat-tricks in his eight league appearances so far. Three bloody hat-tricks!To put things into perspective, it took Cristiano Ronaldo 232 Premier League games to do the same.Messi 🆚 Ronaldo 🆚 Haaland at 22 years oldIt’s not even close 🤖🤯 pic.twitter.com/x2AAD9IFwF— ESPN FC (@ESPNN_FC) September 30, 2022 As The Guardian’s Barney Ronay suggested in the aftermath of that battering of Man Utd, ‘people often say Haaland looks like an adult playing with children – this was an adult playing with mediocre children’.Haaland’s out-of-this-world performances against Manchester United and other EPL sides are packed with versatility and ruthless supremacy. Headers, left foot, right foot, inside and outside the box – he’s all in and almost impossible to be stopped.Six and the City! Nine goals, two hat-tricks and proper bangers at EtihadThe only three games in which Haaland didn’t put his name on a scoreboard in the current season were the ones against Liverpool (Comunity Shield 3-1 loss), Bournemouth (had an assist in 4-0 victory) and Serbia (recent UEFA Nations League 2-0 home defeat).At this point, it would be quite reasonable to maybe talk to those three managers (Klopp, Parker, Stojkovic) and ask them what’s the secret, how did they manage to get a hold of the blonde extraterrestrial.##NAJAVA_MECA_6686238##All of Monday’s press is full of deserved praise for him, with those sky-rocketing numbers that tend to diminish any other individual achievement in the Premier League history, let alone this season.Former United and City goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel told BBC you could “see different players in Haaland”, and he is like the “top strikers all in one”.”The biggest part of a good striker is patience. I played against some of the best strikers and when they go missing is when you really have to concentrate,” added Schmeichel.”The Cristiano Ronaldos, the Filippo Inzaghis of this world – they disappear, then all of a sudden they get the chance.”When you look at Haaland, you see different players. That Zlatan-like goal and Ronaldo is in there too. You see top, top strikers in one.”That is why he is so dangerous. He has the luxury of seeing many top strikers, and they are all put into one player.”##EDITORS_CHOICE##”Yeah, not bad” was how Haaland responded when Sky Sports asked him about his performance in the derby.”We scored six goals. What can I say. To win at home, score six goals, it’s nice. In the end, it’s amazing. There is nothing more to say,” he added.Guardiola believes we haven’t seen the best version of Haaland: He’s young, hungry, he can improveIt has often been “nice” for Haaland since joining City, and manager Pep Guardiola says his scoring statistics are “scary”.”The numbers speak for himself. He has done this before here. It is not just our way. Always we try to help him in our environment,” said Guardiola. “We have this incredible sense that he always looks starving and is so competitive. The numbers are scary!”
