Haaland is like a robot, he is motorized, programmed to observe, run and score goals. He seems to be against the labor force, the human effort. But inside this robot guy is a strong emotion, with hatred but also sharing.
The robot is programmed to score goals…
After Haaland scored against Bayern Munich, MU legend Rio Ferdinand said, “This is an absolute scoring machine. Is he the problem? This guy is the solution. Come to the important moments. Missed penalty, no embarrassment. Get another chance, score. Extraordinary player”.
Ferdinand’s words sum up what fans have shared before, about their admiration for Erling Haaland and all “didn’t believe he was human”. Who has scored 32 goals in the EPL – equaling the old record when the tournament had 10 rounds left, becoming the most Premier League goalscorer in a season, scoring 5 goals in a Champions League game (equal to Messi’s record), prompting the coach to withdraw early to gain more motivation… Haaland is rewriting the record book with every step of his run and the book will get thicker and thicker until the end of the season.
The media assigns Haaland the title “Norwegian robot” to properly and fully reflect what the Man City star is doing. Haaland is programmed with the following functions: Score, score … and score, as teammate Bernardo Silva sketched: “He was like a shadow for 85 minutes and then he touched the ball once and it became a goal. “. With the control hand of Pep Guardiola, the “Norwegian robot” is accurate in every run, starting at the right time and finishing the opponent’s blow quickly, decisively, without any frills.
…with intense emotion
Erling Haaland still showed the standard of a robot in the match against Bayern, when he did the familiar thing of scoring. But also thanks to the confrontation between Man City and the German “Gray Lobster”, it is once again confirmed that this robot has a soul, has a very everyday and strong emotion.
In the 18th minute, the referee showed a red card for Dayot Upamecano after a tackle on Erling Haaland outside the penalty area. The Norwegian striker celebrated so madly that he forgot to look at the line umpire who waved the offside flag, prompting Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva to come forward to warn him. Remember, this action goes against the “culture of Man City”, we almost never see Pep’s students celebrate when the opponent is sent off. But Haaland is different, he dares and wants to express his feelings.
In the 57th minute, from Kevin De Bruyne’s slot, Erling Haaland escaped and shot down goalkeeper Yann Sommer. After the goal, the Norwegian striker ran along the touchline, where there were a lot of Bayern fans and celebrated by putting his finger to his mouth. Many home fans could not keep their composure, so they threw a series of bottles and jars on the ground with boos for the player wearing the Man City shirt.
We understand for Haaland’s actions, he simply hates Bayern. In Germany, Haaland is seen as an underdog when the media compares him to Lewandowski. In Germany, he recorded 7 encounters with “Gray Lobster” and… lost all 7, although his personal performance was still very impressive (scored 5 goals and 1 assist). Sometimes, because of being “drowned” and “tortured” too much by Bayern, Haaland had to soon leave the team he loved, Dortmund, to land at Man City and now we have seen, he turned back. returned to “revenge” ruthlessly.
Before playing the move against the enemy, Haaland used to score points with good action. During the match between Man City and Copenhagen in the group stage, when the referee Donatas Rumsas dropped what is believed to be a foam spray on the field, the away player Viktor Claesson saw it, but swung his foot away. Erling Haaland was quick, bent down to pick up and throw the foam spray back to the referee before moving, despite Man City at that time in dire need of people to have enough troops to attack. The action is really commendable by the star on the blue half of Manchester. And from the beginning of the season, the Man City striker has also shown many respectable emotions on the field as well as in the dressing room.
Haaland is like a super robot on the football field, making the opponent’s efforts to stop meaningless. But the difference of the “Norwegian robot” is that it has strong emotions, hates but also shares.