Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland was born to score goals after Manchester City’s new striker helped the champions to open their Premier League title defence with a comfortable 2-0 victory against West Ham.
Haaland scored twice as City ran out winners at the London Stadium. The Norwegian said it was “a bit shit” that he missed out on a hat-trick, but Guardiola could not have been happier with the former Borussia Dortmund player’s display. “He’s here for five years,” City’s manager said. “Hopefully he’ll stay for this time and even more.
We want all the new guys to be happy, feel good in the city and with the team. And push him a little bit more. “He’s a guy with incredible talent, scores nice numbers but we would like to add something more to his game to be a better player.
Not just a guy who scores goals, which is so important, but that’s why we want to try to give everything to him to be a better player.