Michael Carrick was clapped in as interim Man Utd coach on Tuesday night. Four days later, one of the biggest and most challenging matches of the season awaits: the Village in Manchester. However, there is an additional message from Pep Guardiola that could give United fans some extra hope. That applies to Erling Haaland.
Unstoppable in the Premier League with a wild 20 goals, this in the first 21 games. Against city rival United, Haaland is enjoying himself extra well. With 8 goals against Manchester United in 6 games in the Premier League, the 25-year-old stands as the biggest threat for Carrick. If we are to interpret Guardiola’s description of Haaland’s condition, there may be a little less gunpowder in the Norwegian scoring machine legs.
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Haaland has started in every single Manchester City game since December 20, this gives a total of 585 minutes in the match arena football in less than a month, and it shows.
“I hope that Marmoush (from AFCON) is back soon so that I can give Haaland a break. He’s exhausted, but there are some things like that, you have to appear as a team,” he says according to the Manchester Evening News.
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The challenge with “exhausted” Haaland is that he still hammers in a goal, or three.
