Erling Haaland has “full belief” within the “greatest supervisor on this planet”, Pep Guardiola, to get Manchester Metropolis again on observe in opposition to Tottenham within the Premier League on Saturday.
Guardiola’s aspect have misplaced 4 matches in a row throughout all competitions, which is the Spaniard’s longest shedding run in his complete managerial profession.
The Residents final misplaced extra consecutively between March and April 2006 below Stuart Pearce (six – the fifth recreation of which was additionally in opposition to Tottenham).
However after placing pen to paper on a brand new two-year contract extension on the membership earlier this week, Guardiola has his eyes firmly set on returning to successful methods on dwelling soil.
And Haaland, who has scored 105 objectives in 114 appearances below Guardiola at Metropolis, believes they’ll make up the hole to leaders Liverpool, who’re 5 factors forward.
“Whenever you take a look at what he’s been doing for the membership, he’s not unhealthy, is he? So he’s obtained my full belief,” Haaland informed Sky Sports activities.
“And if he tells me one thing, I’d higher do it as a result of he is aware of the very best in the long run. Everybody is aware of that. So I’m positive he’ll discover options now as effectively. I’m positive of that.
“[Guardiola] calls for us to be at our greatest in each coaching session, in each recreation. And that’s what we have to do. It hasn’t been adequate, shedding 4 video games now, however let’s attempt to win the subsequent.”
The journey continues pic.twitter.com/8aluupvQw9
— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) November 21, 2024
Haaland went on to reward Guardiola, whose new deal will take his tenure on the membership to over a decade, making him Metropolis’s longest-serving supervisor since Les McDowall in 1963.
“He’s the very best supervisor on this planet and I believe everyone knows that. And he’s in all probability the very best that ever existed on the earth,” the 24-year-old stated.
Metropolis have been crippled by a long-term harm to Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, whereas Haaland has solely scored twice in his final six league matches.
Regardless of his latest run of type, Haaland nonetheless leads the division for objectives scored (12) and pictures on course (32), however he has additionally missed 10 large possibilities within the top-flight, with solely Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins (11) squandering extra.
However after netting 4 objectives, together with a hat-trick in opposition to Kazakhstan for Norway within the Nations League, the striker is hopeful that the worldwide break can have helped Metropolis to regroup and rediscover their type.
“I believe it was good for everybody to perhaps go to their international locations and nationwide groups and restart slightly bit,” Haaland stated.
“We misplaced 4 in a row however how unhealthy is it? It’s not that unhealthy. It’s not like we obtained relegated. We’re nonetheless second place, we’ve nonetheless obtained loads of video games left.”
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— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) November 22, 2024
