Erling Haaland has mentioned he was once purchased by means of Manchester City to assist them win a primary Champions League after his 5 targets in Tuesday’s 7-0 victory over Leipzig swept Pep Guardiola’s aspect into the quarter-finals.
The 22-year-old’s quintet at Etihad Stadium took him to a City season file of 39 moves and Haaland is aware that the rush for a primary triumph in Europe’s premier membership event is why Guardiola signed him final summer time.
“Of course the club want to win the Champions League, they still want to win trophies,” he stated. “They won the Premier League four times out of the last five years so they didn’t bring me in to win the Premier League – they know how to win the Premier League. So you can read between the lines. But I’m here to try to help the club develop even more, to try to win the Champions League for the first time.”
Despite his 33 Champions League goals in 25 appearances making him the youngest to reach 30 in the competition, Halaand believes he can become better.
“There is so much potential in this team and I still think we can improve a lot in the game, how we play,” he informed CBS Sports Golazo. “It’s a very easy factor to mention however I may just’ve scored extra targets. I neglected a large number of possibilities. But a very powerful factor is the possibilities [coming] as a result of that’s what you need as a striker.
“I think I can get better at everything. I’ve been missing a lot of chances with my left foot. I had one with the goalkeeper in the first half that I should have scored, so left foot, right foot, I have to be much better at heading, combining, everything. But if I had to take one, maybe to help the other players get better. This is something I would love. To put people in better positions.
Haaland scored 86 times in 89 appearances for his previous club, Borussia Dortmund, and never doubted he would continue in a similar vein. ,I knew I was going to score goals because last season how many goals did City score? Probably 100, so to be a striker in this team … When I saw them last season without a striker I was thinking when they were crossing the ball in: ‘Ah, I’d love to be there!’ I knew I would score a lot of goals.”
He described the win over Leipzig as a “kind of statement” within the Champions League however is a long way from happy and a spotlight subsequent turns to Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final at house to Burnley. “I believe I all the time need to search for the following factor and check out to all the time achieve for extra and keep hungry, as a result of perhaps any person in the event that they scored 5 targets would be at liberty; You need to be glad however it’s important to need extra.