Disappointed Erling Haaland

For many different reasons, the Norwegian striker feels like he is not in his best form this season.

Man City's trick

The most awaited clash between Man City and Chelsea in round 25 of the Premier League ended with a draw. The Citizens as usual still dominated the away team. However, coach Mauricio Pochettino and his team played very well.

The Blues' ball attacks were relatively sharp. If Nicolas Jackson had not squandered the opportunity, Chelsea would probably have left with all 3 points. However, Man City also had a match day that was not as expected.

Chelsea opened the scoring first thanks to Raheem Sterling. On the contrary, Pep Guardiola's army attacked vigorously but had to rely on luck to equalize.

In the 83rd minute, Rodri took advantage of the messy ball in the penalty area to shoot a shot out of range. The ball touched Trevor Chalobah, a player who had just come on as a substitute, and changed direction into the net before Petrovic's helplessness.

This result is not too bad, but reflects Erling Haaland's disappointing day. Man City controlled the ball 71%, launched 31 shots but only 5 times the ball hit the target, the accuracy rate was only 0.16%, extremely low.

Haaland is not in good form

There, Haaland is responsible. Specifically, statistics show that Haaland took 9 shots at Chelsea's goal, but did not score any goals. Haaland suddenly looked strangely "ungainly" in front of the opponent's goal.

During 90 minutes on the field, the 23-year-old striker was given many opportunities by his teammates, and he also finished in many different ways, such as heading, kicking with his dominant foot... However, all of them could not be converted. become a goal.

Even on days when his performance was low, Haaland continuously missed good opportunities. The Norwegian striker had at least 3 shots out in front of an open goal. With 9 shots and an expected goal ratio of 1.71, Haaland could not shoot. Opta Joe described: "Too disappointing Haaland".

Haaland failed to score despite taking 9 shots against Chelsea

Previously, in the match against FC Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League in midweek, the former Dortmund striker could not score. It feels like Haaland has not yet reached full strength as his physical strength is still limited due to just returning from injury.

Most recently, the Norwegian international missed 12 consecutive matches of Man City due to foot problems. For the first time in his career, Haaland took such a long break from playing at the club level. At that time, he had to say: "I'm tired of not playing!".

Haaland is still the top scorer in the Premier League, but he is only 1 goal ahead of second-placed Mohamed Salah. Haaland's slowdown certainly makes Man City fans worried, especially when the Premier League championship race is entering a tense period.

Man City has not been able to breakthrough forward. At this time, they have dropped to 3rd place, 2 and 4 points behind Arsenal and Liverpool respectively, even though they still have a match in hand. More than ever, Guardiola needs Haaland to warm up again so that Man City can truly show off its strength.