The Citizens were losing to Crystal Palace by two goals after the first half, Bernando Silva reduced eight minutes after the break, and from the 62nd to the 81st minute Haaland was the phantom. He stopped the nascent surprise with three goals. “Amazing feeling to score a hat-trick,” said the blond bombardier, who scored the thirteenth hat-trick in his professional career.
He has a lot of motivation, after the match he mentioned one special one. “Dad will probably tell me he has more goals in the Premier League so I’ll chase him,” Haaland quipped, referring to father Alfie, who scored 18 in the competition for Nottingham, Leeds and Manchester City in the 1990s and early 2000s. goal But it is true that he was a significantly more defensive player than his son.
The 22-year-old fighter, who came to Manchester from Dortmund in the summer, is extremely effective. He doesn’t have much on the ball, he has to endure longer passages without touching it. But when the balloon reaches him, he is incredibly dangerous. “Even if he doesn’t have the ball, he’s still in the game,” Guardiola mentioned.
Haaland boosts City’s strength, adds new options. “He could score thirty or even forty goals per season. He will have many chances, I think he will succeed. City played for a long time without a typical central striker. There is no doubt that he is the final piece in the puzzle for City to finally win the Champions League,” former England Gunners Alan Shearer told the BBC.
