Man City's Haaland creating 'problems' with hat tricks - Pep

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Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland is creating a «problem» for himself because his form this season has been so good that he's expected to score hat tricks in every game.

Haaland made it eight goals in five days for Manchester City with three in the 6-0 win over Burnley in the FA Cup on Saturday, following on from scoring five against RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Tuesday. — Dawson: Haaland's sixth sense sends City into FA Cup semis — Stream LIVE: Man United vs.

Fulham — Sunday, 12:25 p.m. ET, ESPN+ The Norwegian striker has now scored 42 goals this season including six hat tricks and Guardiola says the high standards will bring even higher expectations. «This guy will have a problem in the future, people expect every game he scores three or four goals and this isn't going to happen,» said Guardiola. «People have to say a little bit, I know he doesn't care, he's so positive in his life, he's optimistic, he never complains, always looks at himself, as much as we play good he's going to score. »The target numbers I don't know.

We play like this, Erling will score goals." City head into the international break second in the Premier League, into the quarterfinals of the Champions League and into the semifinals of the FA Cup.