Haaland explains animated dialog on pitch with ‘mad’ Guardiola
The Premier League holders obtained their title defence off to the proper begin as they beat newly-promoted Burnley 3-0 on the opening night time of the season at Turf Moor, with Haaland netting a brace within the opening interval earlier than Rodri sealed victory with quarter-hour remaining.
Haaland’s two targets weren’t sufficient to maintain his supervisor completely happy although, with Guardiola animated as he walked off the pitch along with his striker and pushed the digital camera away.
“That was from the last action, when I got a bit mad because Bernardo didn’t play me,” Haaland defined to Sky Sports after the match. “So [Guardiola] was mad at me.”
The City boss stated of the incident: “He wants all the time the ball to him, man-to-man, ‘give me the ball in behind and I’m going to do it’.
“But when you have two minutes left and Kovacic goes in behind and loses the ball, and Rodri loses the ball, and Erling wants that ball – Bernardo was correct to not give him that ball.”
Haaland scored 52 targets in his first 12 months in England, 36 of these coming within the Premier League as he wasted no time in settling in at City and firing them to trophies domestically and in Europe.
The 23-year-old was requested after his brace towards Burnley whether or not he may beat that tally this season, however he made it clear his focus was on reminding everybody simply how dominant City may be.
“I cannot think too much about this,” Haaland stated.
“If you think about this, I think you will become a bit crazy in your head. For me it’s about the restart of course, it looks like people forget fast in this game that we are Treble winners and everything.
“We have to try and chase things again.”