MANCHESTER, England : Erling Haaland is blameless for the fact that he has struggled to impose himself in Manchester City's recent matches, coach Pep Guardiola said on Friday, insisting the Norwegian's team mates must find him more often.
Haaland has scored 32 goals in all competitions in a remarkable debut season in England, but has netted just once in his last six matches.
The 22-year-old was particularly ineffective against RB Leipzig in the Champions League in midweek, mustering one shot at goal while having just 22 touches. "It's our fault," Guardiola told a news conference on Friday looking ahead to this weekend's Premier League trip to Bournemouth. "Erling has been good all season.
It's not metrics, when I finish the game one second later I know if he was involved or not and who should be involved more or not.