When Pep Guardiola saw Haaland’s artistic kung fu goal on the screen for the first time, he exclaimed “Oh, my God”. The Manchester City coach said, “I’ve never seen anything like it.” And then it occurred to him. Yet. Once. On December 22, 1973. Through his absolute idol. That’s why he gave his new goalscorer the ultimate praise you can get from Guardiola: he compared him to Johan Cruyff.
“He once scored a goal like that for Barcelona against Atlético Madrid. And when I saw the goal, I immediately thought: ‘Aah, like Johan Cruyff,'” said the former Bayern Munich coach, for whom Dutch football died in 2016 icon has a very special status. “Anyone who knows me knows the influence he has on me,” said Guardiola: “As a person, as a mentor and as a coach.” Guardiola once played under Cruyff at FC Barcelona.
The Norwegian, who was Austria’s footballer of the year in the service of Red Bull Salzburg in 2019 before moving on to Dortmund, enjoyed the once again effusive homage from the city fans and ran a small lap of honor alone. To explain afterwards with a mischievous grin: “We scored two beautiful goals today. But honestly, mine was a little bit better.” The equalizer by John Stones (80′) after BVB’s lead by Jude Bellingham (58′) resulted from a long-range shot that was worth seeing, but probably tenable.
But Haaland’s hit – with the outside instep, jumping sideways with his back to the goal – was a hit that you only see very, very rarely. He has now scored 13 goals in nine competitive games for the Citizens. And on the island, the hype about him is already huge. The Sun therefore asked: “Who actually writes the screenplays for this guy?”
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