Haaland Kept the Eyes on Team Glory than Records as Face Dortmund City

Erling Haaland has not been stopped this season, but Manchester City star striker claims that he is not obsessed with goal-setting and he is focused on getting his team to win.

Before turning 25, the Norwegian has already hit 26 goals in 16 games with the club and country, an incredible rate that may raise his record of 57 goals per season. However, before the Champions League match of City against his former team Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday Haaland said that numbers do not make him go.

At the press conference on Tuesday, Haaland stated that she did not consider breaking records, although she felt that she was on the right track. It is the next day game that counts. I am now and I am geared towards assisting the team.

Haaland swept it away when questioned whether he was targeting the record of 260 goals all time in the premier league that is held by Alan Shearer. “I have to ignore that. I do not think about records, I win games, said he.

The City striker also had to deemphasize the comparisons with football stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The two are inaccessible to anyone, he said smiling. He does not even appear to be influenced by a compliment by the manager Pep Guardiola. I am only a Norwegian who puts goals. At least that is what I am and that is not going to change, Haaland said.

Out of the club football, Haaland has his mind set on bringing Norway to the 2026 World Cup the first World Cup since 1998, two years before his birth. Norway is already in the first position in Group I and their victory over Estonia on the 13th of November would ensure that they qualify. “It’s a big goal for me,” he said. To get Norway to the world cup, that is something.

Fatherhood has provided Haaland with new eyes off the pitch. A dad since last December, he claimed that the addition of a child made him feel more balanced in life. When a person wakes you up every morning, it transforms you. It assists me in forgetting football and concentrating whenever I have to.

Guardiola, in his turn, is also making a contribution to keeping his star fresh. On Tuesday, the manager provided his players with a day off, indicating that workload is one of the most important things. Guardiola attempted to put the team in a set up where Erling runs little. He is a big man – he can not play 90 minutes in every three days. Play the ball, play the game, and you live.

Manchester City are placed in the seventh position in single league table of the champions league with seven points after three games and look forward to face Dortmund in what can be termed as an emotional reunion of their goal machine.

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