Pep Guardiola Believes Erling Haaland Can Improve Further Despite Impressive Stats

And the Manchester City coach said that the 22-year-old Norwegian player has the same desire to succeed as Argentine Lionel Messi.

It is noteworthy that Haaland recently succeeded in reaching 50 goals in all competitions this season, and he also managed to score 34 goals in the Premier League, which are unprecedented numbers, as Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole equaled the number of 34 goals.

Today, Wednesday, Manchester City hosts West Ham, and Haaland is expected to score at least one goal, which means that he will surpass Shearer and Cole.

Guardiola believes Haaland’s constant quest for improvement makes him a greater threat, and the City boss said: “His play could improve a lot.”

“He has the desire to improve, as long as he has it, he can do it. Going to work knowing you can do something better is the way to go. He has that feeling.”

“Is that enough?” he asked.

And Guardiola added, “When you talk to him, he is open-minded, and he says, ‘Yes, I have to do it, I can do it better’. This is very positive for his career.”

Guardiola stressed that, “This is not arrogance … It is self-confidence to say that I will score,” according to the British Daily Mail.

The Spanish coach said, “No one can compare with Messi, Erling will not help, but in terms of goals and mentality yes. He has reached the same level in terms of goals. In almost every match, he scores a goal. One or two games in every match, but Messi is the player who has the most completeness that I have seen.

Guardiola added, “We feel that he will score a goal in every game and that helps a lot .. but it is not just about that. He gives us many things, pressing power, defensive power. He participated in long balls and before that we did not have that.”

Guardiola said it took time for Manchester City’s midfielders to get used to having a suitable striker.