Man City star Haaland: Pep and I are football freaks; I'm still learning the system

Football
10 Sep 2022 • 9:00 AM MYT
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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has enjoyed his first months working with manager Pep Guardiola.

Having effortlessly slotted into City's set-up, the 22-year-old superstar has netted two hat-tricks and a total of 12 goals in just eight games, following his £51million summer move from Borussia Dortmund in July.

Eager to draw parallels between his approach to football and Guardiola's, Haaland told Telemundo Deportes: "I think he's a kind of a bit of a football freak like me.

"We both love football and yeah, he was a player now he's a manager and yeah, he's crazy about football and this is something I like because he thinks of everything in football, and how you can do things better, and this is what I like about [him].

"It's been good so far [settling in]. You can see with the goals and how we've been playing.

"It's a really complicated system and I've been going in the team and trying to get it [the tactics] as quick as I can because there is no time.

"I cannot waste time doing anything else. So I've been trying to go into into the team as quick as I can. It's a nice system, a really complicated system, but it's really nice."

Haaland added: 'I love the Champions League. I have to say this. Everybody knows this and yeah, it's a big dream for me

"Yeah, when I wake up every morning, I listen to this song [Champions League anthem].

"It's my favourite competition and I always loved the Champions League."