Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists Manchester City have undergone a bigger transition this year than his Reds squad.
Speaking to Sport 1, Klopp addressed the claims made about the Merseyside club being in transition.
"Haaland is an exceptional footballer and of course they have become stronger because of him," the German boss explained.
"You just have to know - Pep sees this just as much as I do - that the team has to be reshuffled from time to time. We also gained players and lost one who almost always played. And that will take time.
"That applies to City as well as to us. But when you see how City play, how the balls come into the penalty area, how Erling stays in the right spaces with his long bones, it's hard to avoid scoring goals, very many even.
"But City have also given up a lot of players and are also in transition, even more than we are. It's part of refreshing a successful team.
"You gave up Gabriel Jesus, as did Raheem Sterling, who was a fixture in Manchester for years. Zinchenko too, Fernandinho has retired, or rather, has gone back to Brazil.
"They were important players for City. And the season is damn long and is interrupted again by the World Cup, no one has a clue."