A born instinct – Pep Guardiola hails Erling Haaland’s goal-scoring prowess

07.09.2022 - 17:07 breakingnews.ie

Pep Guardiola claimed Erling Haaland was born to score goals after the Norwegian bagged another couple in Manchester City’s winning Champions League start.

Haaland took his City tally to 12 in just eight appearances with a double that helped the Premier League winners to a 4-0 victory over Sevilla in their Group G opener in Spain on Tuesday.

City manager Guardiola said: “There is a shot from outside the area (and) a rebound, he is there. There is a cross, he is there. “He is in the right place in the right moment, not a second before nor a second after.

It is a great virtue. “It is a born instinct he has carried from the cradle and he has shown in Austria, in Germany and now with us.

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