How Chelsea Made Haaland Suffer in Premier League Matches

Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea once again crossed the path of Manchester City and took away points in the fight that the Sky Blues have with Liverpool and Arsenal for the desired Premier League title this season.

One of the footballers who was destined to be key in this game and contribute to the Citizen cause was Erling Haaland, who after returning from his injury has shown signs of slowly taking on that lethal and scoring version that we all know, however, this night was not like that for the ‘Cyborg’ on the Etihad field.

Haaland is that type of striker who usually scores in most of the games he plays and prior to the duel against Chelsea, the Norwegian arrived with a goal expectation of 1.82 for this duel against the Blues.

Although Haaland’s danger was present in the game and he registered 10 total shots, of which 2 were key inside the area, the ‘Android’ could not score against the team led by Pochettino, almost causing great frustration after the match and especially for the draw with which the Citizens left points along the way.

Chelsea knows how to make Haaland suffer in English football

Haaland already knows what it’s like to score against Chelsea, as he scored a double in the first round match in that 4-4 draw that is considered one of the best games of the season.

Despite having already scored against Chelsea, the London team has been one of Haaland’s most difficult rivals in the Premier League, as he has faced them on four out of six possible occasions, and only registered the two aforementioned goals.

Since Haaland has worn the Manchester City shirt, the Sky Blues have faced Chelsea six times, but Haaland has missed two key matches, one in the third round of the FA Cup and another in the Carabao Cup, both of which ended in victory for him. City, but Haaland did not see minutes due to a technical decision.

The other four direct duels have been in the Premier League in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, in which Haaland did participate, but as already mentioned, only in that 4-4 has he scored.

In this way, Haaland has not been able to score for the fourth time in five games against Chelsea in the Premier League, thus making the Blues a difficult rival for the Norwegian and one of his so-called ‘coconuts’ in English football.

2024-02-18 00:08:08
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