He is one of the first at training and one of the last to leave, Guardiola praises Haaland’s professional approach

Every time you hear the story of someone unique, there is a lot of hard work and sacrifice behind it. This has now been confirmed by Pep Guardiola, as he revealed one of the many secrets that Erling Haaland certainly possesses.

Toughness, determination, even so we can certainly call Norwegians who are characterised by these qualities. And it is the skilful striker, whom everyone sees as a robot rather than a man, who is countering this claim.

“He is very intelligent. He is one of the first to train and one of the last to leave. He also takes perfect care of his body,” Guardiola said of Haaland.

But against Dortmund, his former employer for whom he scored 86 goals in 89 games, he failed to assert himself during the 45 minutes he played Tuesday and is on five goals scored so far in the Champions League.

However, only Kylian Mbappé and Mohamed Salah are better off with 6 goals so far. The 22-year-old Norwegian shares third place with Robert Lewandowski, who has also managed to score 5 times so far.

But as far as this season is concerned, Haaland is clearly the best player in the top 5 leagues with 20 points (17 goals and 3 assists). He is only trailed by Neymar (9+7) and Lewandowski (12+4), who have collected 16 points so far.

Earlier, the Spanish coach let it be known that he knew Haaland was a great player, but he only knew how good he was after he got the chance to work with him.

Moreover, this cooperation started to bear fruit practically from the very beginning. Therefore, everyone is curious to see what kind of numbers we will be talking about at the end of this season, which the Norwegian killer has really started off well.

The Premier League record is still held by the duo of Andy Cole (1993/94) and Alan Shearer (1994/95), but that’s still 42 games played. However, they managed to score 34 goals during them.

In a 38 match season, the record is held by Mohamed Salah (2017/18), who managed to score 32 times. Haaland has already scored 17 goals in 11 matches, so we can’t be surprised that everyone is waiting to see when this record-breaking mark will fall. Yes, no one is talking about whether it will fall, only when it will fall.

Sources: Premier League, UEFA