Erling Haaland breaks silence on Man City miss vs Liverpool FC

Erling Haaland wants to use his late miss against Liverpool as motivation for his next Manchester City game — against West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday.

Haaland had a promising, but quiet, domestic debut for City as the Blues were beaten in the Community Shield last weekend, with two late Liverpool games giving them a deserved win. Haaland could have grabbed a consolation late on, but leaned back and hit the top of the bar from six yards with the goal open.

That has led to plenty of questioning this week over how Haaland will start in the Premier League, although the striker himself says that while he was one of those unsure of how he didn't score, he will take it as a positive into the next game.

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“When I look back, it’s like, ‘How can you miss there?’” he told the Athletic. “But, you know, this will probably happen to me again. That’s football. You say you didn’t sleep well and I never sleep good after games.

“But it’s kind of motivation, to score or to do something in the next game. It’s the same when you score two goals – ‘Ah, I want to do it again!’ So actually, no matter what happens it’s motivation and that’s what’s good about it. But, of course, it is not a good feeling! It’s the worst feeling ever!”

Haaland then expanded into his mindset of being a striker at the top level, insisting the key to having the right mentality is to not think too much about each chance or goal.

He explained: “As a striker, I think it’s really important that when you’re in the game to not think too much. If I’m going to go into my next game thinking about the chance I missed last game, it’s not good. You have to go into the game