Zlatan is a great link up player. Hes probably the most skillful no9. Way better with his back to goal than Haaland

Rudiger had Haaland on toast 😂

5 passes in 95 minutes is a disgrace from Haaland

Comparing him to Zlatan is a disrespect. Zlatan was linking up play even at an older age when he played for United and Milan

20 Premier League goals but only one of them against current top six sides. People used to call Rooney a flat track bully. That's Haaland.

Keane had a point in what he said

I've defended Haaland alot but you would have to question his mentality after Pep said he asked to be taken off last night. It's not like he's covering alot of ground or tracks back, surely an elite striker wants to stay on the pitch and score the winner for your team.

Roy keane was spot on he a division 2 player 😂😂😂

The same ones that praise you will be the same ones that will tear you down. Bellingham's current honeymoon period in the media will be a victim of this also

These are the type of matches where we miss ronaldo and messi sooooo much. 99% u know ronaldo gonna score a hatrick with a freekick a header & 30+ yard goal while messi 2 goals 2 assist dribbling past everyone & looking to nutmeg 3 players at least

I bet with Kane on top they would ve won. No cross to the box and you literally have the tallest guy there. At least kane have better passing and range of movement. The guy was spot on

It's just who Haaland is, if he can't score or isn't on shooting form you might as well be playing with 10 men.

Having Haaland in the city side is like playing with 10 men

You can have 99% of ball possession I'll take the win , you can have the ball 😂 Jose Mourinho

His control of the football most of this season has been awful, not premier league standard. I played sunday league and have seen better first touches and holding the ball up than he has. I feel it is not about size, crouchie was very tall and had a great skillful touch.

Should have signed Kane, a much better fit for City system

Haaland is the football equivalent of cricket's Graham Hick - looks a million dollars up against bog-standard opponents, but fails miserably against top quality

Paaland vs the bottom half of the Premier League: 👿 Paaland in big games: 👻

The low block thing is a nonsense. Here's the thing. He's not a big game player.

The Haaland love affair is slowly and surely fading away. Elite teams have figured how to nullify him.

We haven't replaced Gundogan and Mahrez. That's the problem

Not even a fan of Zlatan but the disrespect to reduce to nothing more than a poacher like Halland is. 😂

Because he’s an average player with strength, who happens to be good at tap ins. Hojlund works harder for his team than Haaland

These takes are honestly getting out of hand. "Misfit" with 31 goals in all competitions this season ? give the guy a break everyone has ups and downs

Recency bias. He was the best striker in the world last season. Like all strikers, he needs service

Lewandowski, a 35 year old has 29 G/A in all competitions and Haaland is the best striker .. Why? Beçuz he's in prem and prem media needs propaganda to overhype their league as always 😂😂😂

Its not rocket science. Pep teams have never utilized an out and out stiker. He doesnt like using them . Hello he ran out ibra because he doesnt play his style . Haaland is the same exact type of player They wont pass the ball at risk of losing it and having pep yell at you for losing the ball They prioritize possesion over scoring

He doesn't realy fit Peps style of play.

Harland gave up when he couldn’t bully proper defenders it got to tough for him and he asked to come off like a little kid taking his ball home

Well Roy Keane has spoken about him...😂

Walker was magnificent like how many times did vini go one on one with him 😂

Haaland is playing in the wrong team. Because Pep's philosophy is to never lose possession, he can never get the service he wants(it's only really de Bruyne that gives him it). He wants the ball played quick and direct. He wants the chaos of a transition, but that hardly ever happens with City. He would be the perfect player for Liverpool, the way they play on the transitions. He wouldn't miss half the chance Darwin has.

He needs to work on his balance, positioning, touch, heading or they need to change their overall approach in how they feed him the ball because in the big games, it’s not working.

They seem very reluctant to send the ball to Haaland. There was one time where Erling came back, received the ball and started a rush. Haven't seen that in a while. He passed it as they were approaching the box but it was goos to see him run again. I think he no longer fits into the style of play that City have adopted. They want a target man who draws defenders towards him and creates space for others. As much as I don't want to say it, I think it's time to move on so he is free to do what he does best.

I was surprised that City started so slow. Would also have started Doku. City were pedestrian and Jack slowed everything down by having a few touches and then would play the ball back. Rarely took on and beat his full-back.

City needs to cross the ball more in the box in matches like this when team sits back for haland to score.

For all of citys posession it never felt like they'd score, was strange.

Hard to score when the opposition had 6 back sometimes 8 most of the time playing full defence crowding the box

Was he in the starting 11 ? Blimey I did not notice

He is misfit, in that City want to walk the ball into the net, They rarely look to drop the ball over the shoulder of the defender and let Haaland run. Take last nights game, Madrid did sit off, but City also pushed them back and thus created no space for Haaland to operate. Although he scored a lot of goals especially last season, I don't think City's style of play is suited to his game.

"misfit" is a harsh word. Haaland's done ok with City (83 goals in 92 games isn't all that bad...) , but I don't think this team plays to all of his strengths. With Dortmund and Salzburg (and Molde for that matter) he thrived on through balls creating havoc with his speed and clever runs. He had teammates who fully understood him; Reus and Sancho, in particular. Haaland was also much more involved; drifting wide as well as being pivotal in link up play in the midfield. It seems Pep has asked him to stay up front, which makes him much more stationary and hence easier to mark. Haaland is perfect for counterattacking teams like Dortmund. City's obsession with keeping the ball ironically make Haaland look average. He still makes the runs and I don't know how many times I've screamed at the telly when a teammate chooses to make sideway or backward pass instead of taking the chance of a throughball. It is as if the team has decided that he is not allowed to be involved unless the ball is in the box.

Yet cities other forwards had way more space when haaland were dragging defenders all over the place. Once haaland came off citys players had zero space in reals defensive 3rd. He did his job

Kyle Walker, John Stones... how come they didn't take PKs before the likes of Kovacic? C'mon, Rudiger was there to seal it for Real

City should've used Liverpool's way of dealing with shameless park-the-bus teams. Put crosses into the box and let the tall players run into the box. De Bruyne kept testing the gk directly yesterday for some reason.

Keano was right 😂😂😂 Bang average player like Gabby won't understand that..

Outside of the box , Haaland is a League 2 number 9 at best 🤣🤣🤣

I bet if Alvarez would be in haaland's position for the whole match city would have won the match

Roy looks more and more of a genius. I couldnt beleive how poor his touch was today with his back to goal. hed lose it time and time again

Real were absolutely there for the taking… City may never have a better chance for back to back Trebles. Man Utd are not going to sleep forever.

Haaland's style is better for teams like Liverpool, Madrid, etc.

Bundesliga >>>>>>>> premier league

He is severely underperforming xG also and is breaking records on big chances missed in PL and UCL...so he is not even finishing well

As soon as Haaland plays in a big game, he suddenly transforms into Darwin Nunez. Maybe, Pep should give him a bar of Snickers..."Feel much better, now!".

This guy never watched zlatan at barca the issue was with Messi wanting to play upfront and zlatan being pushed to the wing. Nothing to do with anything that guy said at all. Also to say zlatan and haaland are simular is nuts only thing they have in common is their tall 🤣🤣🤣

Always goes missing in big games

Gobby Oblongthebore’s face when the caller & Brazil are going on about the Yarra River & Melbourne is like what are they on about? as he’s the TalkSPORT Dunce and has to stay behind after every show for remedial lessons in pre school life……🤣

Zlatan didn’t depend on service. Sometimes he played like #10. He was complete player.

Finally hearing astute analysis on the situation from everyone in this video instead of the click-baity headlines we hear everywhere else. This new City love possession in the attacking 3rd, but suffer with chance creation against top teams. Haaland is a player who benefits with space behind the defense to attack at pace, but City largely forego this opportunity in favor of unproductive possession. In the first leg, there were plenty of opportunities for Haaland to make a run in behind the left back, opening space in the middle for Foden and others, but he rarely made the run, and City never took advantage of this opportunity. When City played 433, they always found a way to attack the half-space and strike on the counter attack. Teams adapted to this, and so did City. Now City have a new style, and teams have adapted to this as well. With Gundo and Mahrez, City were still able to attack this half-space on the underlap, something we still see a bit, but less, with Bernardo and Kevin on the right, now a bit on the left as well, though it usually results in a Bernardo chip to the back post that the defense clears away. This system can still work in the biggest games, and a player like Paqueta will help immensely with chance creation and finishing, filling that Gundo role that City miss this season. I think the best thing for them is to adopt a style more like Arsenal, who play in a similar formation, but rarely struggle with chance creation like City. This is all up to Pep really, as I know he runs the team autocratically, and players are hesitant to deviate from his demands. Maybe City are eyeing a winger like Raphina, or someone who plays like Demebele, especially if Bernardo leaves, and this could enable them to attack the half-space more often and more effectively, assuming they adopt a style more akin to Arsenal this season. But, it all starts with the manager, and it's up to him to recognize his deficiencies and opportunities. I hope that once Pep leaves, they will look to a manager like Nagelsmann, more inclined to utilize the space and assets available, while recognizing the value of high counter-pressing, as well as solid defensive structure. Cheers.

Another statuesque performance, if he prowled around the edge and made late runs he would be more effective

Medioca at Best but the Media Love him 👍🏻

If Real Madrid offer crazy money just take it, he's not class at international level and it's what city need

I'm a City fan and I've been saying for months that Haaland has to be doing way better. For a guy of 6ft 5" his hold up play and heading is very poor, particularly given the money he's on. It's no good hiding behind the "his only job is to score goals" at the top level. He needs to seriously work on his all-round game in the summer

Comparing Haaland to Zlatan is blasphemy

City scored 3 goals in the first leg from outside the box, yet in the second leg they tried to walk the ball in. ‘Dominating the game’ literally means nothing if you don’t win the game. You can dominate a game of pool but if you don’t pot the black you’re allowing your opponent to stay in it. Madrid’s mentality won.

Whilst I am not dismayed as a United fan to see City go out, I do think all these pundits now criticising Haaland to be way over the top. City had enough possession and chances to win the game twice over. Not Haaland’s fault they got beat on pens.

Haaland is a player for a counter-attacking team. Period. Not a boring taka team like City. Guardiola will return to a no striker like before...

I remember not that long ago I was being told he will be the best ever. The best ever score consistently in big games.

I would have loved to have seen Harry Kane in that city side 3 years ago.

Haaland needs a map and compass outside the 6 yard box

One man NEVER makes a team ! and now teams are finding out how poor Haaland is with the ball at his feet ,i agree with Roy Keane ,Haaland is an average footballer who is very good at scoring goals !

city would of been way better with palmer as a false 9 interchanging with foden and silva

Haaland can bang goals. He showed that last season. Now he being found out & it’s having a mental affect on the guy.

Lol remember when people used to say Haaland would smash Kane's goalscoring record??

Haha yes sir Alan ! 🤣🤣

Way overrated!

Bottled it? This is CL not PL where you’re going to win it in consecutive years. Game was there for them to win once they got equaliser. In the end they look tired, empty and dejected.

If Halaand was in a side where he would have to work for the ball he would be bang average at best. Kane is a far superior player in the majority of aspects. I would choose Kane over Halaand every time.

Man City didn’t buy EBH9 for any other reason than to prevent another team from getting him. City’ style does not facilitate an out n out striker. Guardiola hates strikers. City always wants to score from 4 yards out. Strikers starve in his tactical set up. He has won it all with them. Move to Real and become a Benzema hybrid.

His first step is slow, and he lacks the elite techniques

Haaland is the definition of HERO TO ZERO

Haaland is a great finisher ,not a great all round player

Like Roy Keane said.."He's a league 2 player !".

Haaland was on the pitch? Huh didn't know that well don't worry about the “best premier league striker ever” he’ll bounce back 😂😂😂

Haaland - a one season wonder

As a city fan AGREE bro was lost

What is the guy in the middle talking about re Zlatan?

Started really noticing from the quarters of UCL last season, and all the big games (semi & final last year, prem run in & big games this season) he's looked like a passenger. 34/35 league goals last year can't be sniffed at but when he's not scoring...you don't notice he's there.

believe me.. halaand at madrid would have scored more... the problem is pep.. carlo would have found a way to get the best players to work together on the field... look at jude.. first half of the season, jude was more advanced and now he is more defensive... pep is super adamant and its not new...

It is like Vlahovic in Juventus. 2-3 good balls per game. It is a great striker but is his fault if guardiola tells the squad not to serve him directly or on the run but just on the flanks? i think the bruine is the only one doing this but at a very low rate. City is isolating him because guardiola want to attack a lot form the flanks. He has done the same with ibrahimovic. Haaland is sacrificed

In his defence they parked the bus back in spain they were that deep. Alvarez was the same when he came on.

Silva and Kovacic hit their penalties like a pair of fannies. In fact the women players hit better penalties

Haaland is a quality player but watching him at city's big games i literally torture as a fan of his. He needs no leave City

There's no movement with City front line, no diagonal runs, they just stand still, that's why they're so easy to mark.

Send him to Madrid. He suits a counter attacking team. He will thrive there

I feel sorry for Harland , city give him nothing to feed on .

It’s like pep has to play him it’s also like he won’t play foden in his best position

Honestly they miss Gundo , should get him on loan for a couple of seasons

Pep just isn’t taking advantage of what he can do, he can outpace rudiger. He might as well have started Alvarez. 4:21 pep brought him there ….he didn’t get rid of him. Zlatan left cuz he knew he wasn’t gonna get to do what he wanted and weren’t gonna take advantage of what he could do. That’s exactly what happened vs Madrid and most of the season so far

They all said he should win the balon dor 😂😂 better than mbappe lmfao. Alan brazil: “ jack against the full back”, that full backs name is carvajal you bum and he’s a 5x champions league winner. “How good was Kyle walker” it was literally his poor position that allowed Madrid to score lmao. These guys only see physicality and speed

Anyone here saying the media is against Haaland need their heads checking. Haaland is a media darling because he is a great goal scorer, but a bang average footballer. Roy Keane was the only one with the balls to call it how it is, because no else in the media has the balls to. This is coming from a City fan. Also the only comparison between Haaland and Zlatan is their heights.. Haaland can finish, Zlatan was a magical all round player, who could contribute in other ways apart from hust scoring goals