Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola stated striker Erling Haaland is of the identical calibre as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after the Norwegian worldwide scored twice in Saturday’s 4-1 Premier League victory at Southampton.
Haaland scored on a header and noteworthy bicycle kick, taking his tally to 44 objectives in all competitions this season, with 30 of these coming within the Premier League.
His whole is now tied for essentially the most ever by a Premier League participant in all competitions in a single marketing campaign, equalling Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2002-03 and Mohamed Salah in 2017-18.
“We’ve got lived two unbelievable a long time with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, however he’s on that stage,” Guardiola informed the BBC on Saturday.
Guardiola was in awe of Haaland’s execution of his second objective, which he acrobatically volleyed dwelling off a cross from Jack Grealish.
“It isn’t straightforward to choose the ball up within the sky and put it on the grass,” Guardiola stated. “You may’t think about at his peak he has this potential. Distinctive objective.”
The 22-year-old, who joined Metropolis from Borussia Dortmund, is now 4 in need of the file of 34 objectives in a Premier League season set by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole.
Metropolis are second within the league with 67 factors after 29 video games, 5 behind leaders Arsenal.