Haaland

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher is unsure whether Erling Haaland made the right decision in signing for Manchester City because of their different style of ...

City's players don't have the energy or the power or the pace to play from box to box." You can say it's a different team, but he has scored exactly the same amount of goals". He might have picked the wrong club to get the best out of him," he told 'Sky Sports'

Former Premier League star Jamie Carragher has said that Erling Haaland chose the wrong club in Manchester City. He also said that the Norwegian's.

The 22-year-old signed a five-year deal to stay at City till 2027 and has been the star of the English top-flight. “They’re a different team and a lesser team with Erling Haaland in the team…” “He’s scored 25 league goals, but Manchester City as a team have scored the same amount of goals, but they’ve conceded more, and it’s far easier to counter-attack them as well.

Manchester City failed to close the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal as they were beaten 1-0 by Tottenham. Erling Haaland didn't have a shot or a touch in ...

This is the team we have got now and these are the players we have got until the end of the season. We are going to fight until the end as we do.” But we’re not seeing the full package of what this player can do because of the team that he’s actually gone to.” “You think of that goal he scored at West Ham on the first game of the season, where there’s space in behind, he makes that run. But they’ve conceded more and it’s far easier to counter attack them as well. Now I know that’s not there that often because of the way City play, but he’s come from Borussia Dortmund where it’s a counter-attacking league and it’s end to end, and you see that blistering pace that he’s got.

After Manchester City suffered a frustrating 1-0 loss to Tottenham, in which Erling Haaland was isolated up front an unable to get any shots off, ...

We'll fight until the end." "His players don't have the energy or power to play that way. "That's not his fault. "This is the team we've got now until the end of the season. That's not Pep Guardiola's way. "Haaland has scored 25 league goals and lots of them are ones that come into the box and he puts them in, but we're not seeing the full package of what the player can do because of the team he's joined."

Erling Haaland may have made the wrong decision by joining Manchester City, Jamie Carragher has said.

He's got 25 of them but City overall have scored the same number overall. City have scored the exact number of goals as last season. Although he has already scored 25 goals in the Premier League since joining City from Borussia Dortmund last season, Haaland could not make the difference as his side lost 1-0 to Tottenham on Sunday.

Kyle Walker sprung to the defence of Erling Haaland following his quiet outing during their 1-0 defeat at Spurs.

While he failed to get on the scoresheet in north London, there's no doubt Haaland will be back on track soon enough. What he has done has created a much more efficient way for the side to score goals without sharing them around as much. The backline of Cristian Romero, Eric Dier and Ben Davies kept the Norwegian forward extremely quiet, not letting him test [Hugo Lloris](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/lloris-slammed-error-tottenham-defeat-aston-villa/bltc7481d372ae14f87) behind them.

Erling Haaland scores a lot of goals but Manchester City are a worse team for it. Why did Pep Guardiola go against his instincts?

All about the many and complex cogs that make the whole thing function? Football is a holistic game, a team game, it isn’t an individual sport, but Haaland’s presence makes it more about the glorification of the individual. For a start he’s not actually a footballer in the complete sense; he’s just a finisher. On Sunday, Guardiola started with a 2-3-4-1, with the one being the big Norwegian. Last year after 21 games they’d let in just 13, this year that number is 21. After over half the season, it’s quite clear that City are effectively playing every game he’s on the pitch with nine or nine-and-a-half outfielders.

Pep Guardiola's men missed a golden opportunity to close the gap on Arsenal as they suffered a limp defeat to Spurs.

While Arsenal have, up to this weekend, been in Liverpool 2018-19 form, it is possible that the rigours of a race start to get to them. [financially stratified nature of modern football](/sport/football/chelsea-transfer-enzo-fernandez-premier-league-b2273249.html) means Premier League title races tend to go to the outer limits, with champions usually getting around 90 points or much more. [ decision to offload Joao Cancelo](/sport/football/joao-cancelo-man-city-pep-guardiola-b2275220.html). [response out of his team](/sport/football/joao-cancelo-guardiola-bayern-munich-b2273106.html). He didn’t have a shot, for the first time in the Premier League. While his meaning was often difficult to decipher, [the intention wasn’t](/sport/football/joao-cancelo-guardiola-bayern-munich-b2273106.html). He didn’t even have a touch on the box. [over them in that last match](/sport/football/manchester-city-tottenham-result-score-mahrez-b2265697.html). There is the effect of a half-decade of full throttle against Liverpool, which Jurgen Klopp’s side may be suffering from too. It is one of the worst returns from the same period out of all Guardiola’s seasons at City. There wasn’t much energy at all, which was pretty much like his [Manchester City](/topic/manchester-city) team [in their 1-0 defeat to Spurs](/sport/football/tottenham-man-city-result-score-harry-kane-b2276208.html). [Pep Guardiola](/topic/pep-guardiola) sat down to his post-game press conference, there were a few comments that could have been construed as swipes.