Erling Haaland sent a brief and straightforward message following Manchester City’s victory over Wolves. The 23-year-old striker led Pep Guardiola’s side to a 4-1 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon, as the Premier League title race gains momentum. While the reigning champions behind Arsenal by only one point, they have a game in hand that might be crucial by the end of May. Haaland has made 28 appearances for Manchester City in the English Premier League this season, scoring 25 goals and assisting five times. The Norwegian international has been a key member of Guardiola’s starting lineup as the Spaniard seeks to win four consecutive Premier League titles. Meanwhile Manchester City are on the
The Norwegian appeared extremely unhappy when he was hooked at the end of the game over the weekend, despite having previously scored four goals. After surging past Wolves, Haaland has pulled away from the rest of the pack in the hunt for the golden boot.
He’s scored 25, while Alexander Isak and Cole Palmer have each scored 20. After the game, Haaland took to social media to celebrate his triumph with a jubilant – and captionless – Instagram story post.
Haaland just uploaded a picture of himself with the match ball, which had been signed by his teammates. It is unclear whether signatures belong to which Manchester City players, however one wrote ‘hermano’ – Spanish for ‘brother’ – and another penned ‘lets go’.
It appears that Haaland is as dedicated and determined to win the Premier League as Guardiola. Speaking to media following the Wolves match, the Spaniard outlined his game plan as the season comes to a close. “The most important fact is that there are only two weeks remaining. Three games. “With nine points, we’ll be champions,” Guardiola added. “Seven points, six points, three points: Arsenal will win the Premier League.”
You see the 5-1 outcome [today], but I don’t think it was particularly good. We lost a lot of simple balls. With high-pressing teams, we can run Phil, Kevin, and Julian. I owe a lot of respect to Wolves for their patterns.”
