Erling Haaland scored a beautiful overhead kick in the win Manchester City in the Champions League. Various comments appeared that resembled him with Gary Lineker, Johan Cruyff, to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Man City missed first before being able to turn around to win over Dortmund. After John Stones scored the equalizer, a few minutes later Haaland was in action.
In the area of the penalty box, the striker who last season defended Dortmund jumped into the air and released an acrobatic kick. Goal! Man City turned ahead, and then won, over Dortmund with a score of 2-1.
Haaland is like Lineker on Steroids
With that goal Erling Haaland has now scored 13 goals in nine appearances Manchester City. His performance in the box for the bikon Jason Cundy, a former English footballer, is reminiscent of one of England’s greatest poachers.
“He’s become one of the greatest strikers,” Cundy said on talkSPORT’s The Sports Bar.
“It was a karate kick… a crazy finish. He scored a penalty box goal. Gary Lineker was like that.”
“This is Gary Lineker’s tenth time. This is Gary Lineker on steroids!” said the man who is now the presenter.
Haaland like Cruyff and Zlatan
For Manager Manchester City Pep Guardiola, goals scored Erling Haaland against Dortmund reminded him of a similar action in the 1973/1974 season. There was Johan Cruyff who played for Barcelona and scored against Atletico Madrid.
“By the time Erling scored that goal… I thought, ‘Ah, like Johan Cruuyff!’ said Guardiola.
In addition, the figure who was once a Barcelona tactician also mentioned the name of another bomber who is also famous for his devastating goals: Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
“I also remember a bit of my friend, Ibrahimovic, who has the ability to score a great goal and Erling is like that,” he said.
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