Weird as it sounds…Do you think Haaland is costing Man City?

He’s literally the opposite of Darwin Nunez lol. Elite finisher but doesn’t contribute much else. Darwin is a defenders nightmare but can’t finish to save his life.

Let it go Rory. You said he wouldn’t score more than 15. You were wrong. Accept it.

He goes missing in every big game, needs to be studied

in my opinion Haaland isn't a great technical footballer, he is just a great finisher and all of his attributes feed into that

I really think Erling is subconsciously no longer hungry, Alvarez is the more complete player

Does anyone else find it funny how Rory criticizes Haaland for not showing up in the big games, yet he claims that City would be better off with Kane who is literally known for not showing up on the big occasions and being a notorious trophy dodger

As for the infamous Haaland prediction. Amazing how wrong Rory was and correct he was at the same time. No one will ever achieve that level of delusion & accuracy simultaneously again.

2nd season always drops off, we saw it with salah. Teams double up and generally have more idea of how to play against him

Ppl say city dominated but only led the tie for less than 20 mins and the team that got dominated led the tie for over 100 mins. Over 2 legs

I think he doesn’t suit their style of play. He is a big strong forward who probably would play better in a more direct style of play. Last season it was all about get the ball to him, this time round he does look slightly lost. Pep’s style was adjusted last season which got them over the line in the CL, but this season, it hasn’t happened.

He just doesnt suit citys style of play. Still scores goals for fun but not when needed

dominant, and yet RM were ahead during 116 minutes out of 210 over both legs while City only managed 18 minutes. City are inefficient, and when you look at the stats in relative terms, RM were superior both offensively and defensively .

This sounds very much like an English bias. Harry Kane wouldn’t necessarily be better at city but offer a different dynamic. What Haaland done last season is historical. First season and he’s not only shattered records but won a treble. And he’s still amongst the top 3 goalscorers in the league this season. Not only is Halaand struggling, so are city. I’m a United fan through and through, but I see the English bias a lot in the British media when it comes to foreign players in this league.

Real Madrid were the only team to retain the champions league in the past 30 years or something like that. Certain people keep predicting that certain teams will retain it like it’s easy.

Haaland does have room to develop his hold up play. He’s only 23 and he has never even had to really use those skills until this season. City is playing differently this season, he’s not getting nearly as many quality chances in open space. He will adapt, but their style of play this year has gotten stale, and they are not playing to one of their best players strengths. Great teams like Real Madrid know how to adjust and handle him. City deserved to lose because they were out coached. And City needs to bounce back next year. Haaland has had a dip, let’s not overreact, it was bound to happen this is football. It will be interesting to see how he responds, as well as the rest of the team.

These people are so delusional comparing albeit a world class striker in Kane to a never before seen freak like Haaland Haaland has the best minutes per goal ratio of any player to compete in the champions league scoring on an average of every 64 minutes, fastest player to 10,20 and 30 Champion league goals most of these broken before joining city, Quickest and youngest player to reach 50 goals in Bundesliga history, broke the epl top scoring record for 1 season in his first season Ronaldo: Minutes per goal or assist at 21 was 156. Messi: Minutes per goal or assist at 21 was 103. At 22 Messi had 92 goals and 46 assists in 200 games while Haaland had 187 goals and 44 assists in 236 games He offers a lot more the tap ins and if scoring them was so easy every striker would do it Haaland has played most of his career in weaker teams compared to Barca and Man United playing with the like of Durtmund until he joined city This dude can reach any heights

I listened to 2.5 minutes Rory and you can’t disguise it mate…. you are happy city got beat and you are still trying to dismiss Halland…simple as that bud.. City got beat because they missed a couple of pens, nothing more mysterious than that… no need for any clever descriptions or tedious amounts of data… they missed a couple of pens… had they won on pens , which is a toss of the coin, you wouldn’t have got a chance pour out your grief, but why not just try and get a life man…😊😊

The man isn’t a Pep style player! If anything, he’d flourish more under Klopp than Pep! He’s not technical, he’s incredibly athletic and a solid finisher. He’s more of a volume finisher that needs to keep getting chances to score goals

Haaland is a 2000s forward in the 2020s imo, only works in one system

Attackers these days benefit from defenders being utter shit, and goalkeepers literally passing them through on goal. The fact of the matter is that modern football doesn't value footballers that can actually play football. Akinfenwa said it best. If Haaland was playing in the previous era, he wouldn't have even scored HALF of the goals he did last season. Players like Haaland, Salah and Rashford are Volume players, NOT FINISHERS, they need 10 chances to score 2. The Art of Finishing has fully died. You won't see any PROPER finishers like Aguero, Andy Cole and Robbie Fowler anymore

I have a maybe unpopular opinion. I think the rest of the team dont want to make it "The Erling Haaland Show". Ive seen them 'overlook' obvious goalscoring opportunities in favour of setting up a more 'team oriented' player. I will freely admit I only watched the highlights of the most recent game, but I would say that this dip in form is not something he is doing 'wrong'.

He isnt getting as many chances as last year. And i think part of it is on him and some is just the emergence of Phil Foden and Man Citys overall teamwork which spreads the ball around to everyone. Haaland is still a Top 3 striker in the world and will be a beast for years to come.

Rory Jenny is an embarrassment

Yes, Erling has not been as prolific as in the past, but you also have to see how many times he is actually getting the ball. This season, you've rarely seen the kind of passes that were made to him in the past, like the one that Cancelo sent for the winning goal against Dortmund, or the one that Jack sent him for that bicycle-kick goal. He was so much more open those days and received a lot of passes from De Bryne, often on the run. But this season, City seem to want to get closer to the goal. They pass, endlessly, all around the wall to try and find an opening. If you watch the replay of these games, you have to wait a long time before you hear Erling's name mentioned as receiving the ball, and often it is in congested space. A couple of games ago, I think it was Bernardo who had a break and running towards the goal. Erling was on the side in a good shooting position but no pass came his way. Last season, that was a given. Personally I have the idea that Erling grabbed too much attention last season, from a team filled with established and rising superstars. I think Pep has been trying to keep the peace ever since. Maybe that's why Pep publicly, and on camera, openly chastised him after he had scored 2 goals in the first half of a game. But as usual, it's a combination of things. The style of play is one thing and I think he has become frustrated with the long periods of waiting for the ball. But I also think that his being snubbed for the Ballon d'Or after having had such an incredible season has affected his eagerness. Anyway, way more than my 2 cents worth but you already knew this was coming.

Haaland is a great striker of the football, and is a physical specimen in terms of conditioning. However, Haaland's biggest flaws are that he is not a player that can break you down in the dribble, creating chances for himself, and that he needs an elite level passer to get him into good spaces to score. That's also why Haaland will never be better than Mbappe to me personally, because Mbappe is not only an elite scored of the football, but also is a good creative dribbler that can find spaces on the pitch to give himself the best opportunities to score, and he is a quick player, who can burn past elite defenders, which Haaland cannot. Also, Haaland has Thierry Henry syndrome when it comes to big moments (no shade to Henry as a player, because he's better/more talented than Haaland will ever be), where he falls short and doesn't provide goals when it matters most, like the Champions League Semi-final last season and this season, and Final last season. Haaland only provides goals, and when his goal scoring gets stiffled, he doesn't provide any other positives to the match, unlike Henry, who was, at least ,a great passer of the ball besides his goal scoring, and could get his teammates into great positions to score.

Yeah Liverpool “could easily have won” the finals against Real Madrid 2 years ago but we all know that’s not how football works. Nearly doesn’t count and history has no place for runners up

I take your points about Haalands all around game but the reality is, when Haaland is being ‘pocketed’ by those elite defenders, they aren’t defending anyone else. Haaland is such a presence and such a threat that he HAS to be marked, 100%. This opens the door to the other sensational footballers they have around him to flourish. Foden doesn’t get the time and room without Haaland. KDB doesn’t get the time and room without Haaland. Doku doesn’t get the 1v1s without Haaland. His mere presence is enough to occupy 2 centre halves and irrespective of his personal performance, Man City are a far more threatening side with him in it.

Rory, Manchester City only had the lead of the match for 18 minutes, out of 210. Real Madrid held the lead for 116 minutes. Having possesion of the ball does not equal being dominant. Real Madrid knew what they wanted and how to get it, so they did.

Totally agree

Haaland this season has lost confidence since city are not playing to his strengths.Although his game is down he has scored almost over 30 goals

I just don't think Haaland is big game player, same as Kane. Great goalscorers, grab you 30 a season without breaking a sweat. Put them in the thick of it, they fluff their lines. Haaland is a box player, he needs a Dennis Bergkamp type player with him. Pulling defenders away and making space for him to run in. KDB needs to be up top with him playing as a No.10. Attacking midfielders and No.10s are two players. City need to play faster as well, tippy tappy around the box isn't scoring them goals. 4-4-2, like the old Arsenal system. They need a strong, powerful box to box midfielder to compliment Rodri. Doku wide left, Rodri middle with a Gundogun replacement, Grealish wide right. This time I'd give Grealish the free reign to drive the ball to the by-line and cut it back across the face of goal. I'd have Haaland up top with KDB as a No. 10, someone who can play silky and guarantee you a perfect lay-off every time. You could argue Grealish is better suited as a No 10, he's the silky/sexy side of the game. But I don't think he's the brain to ghost around, drag defenders out of position and play that killer ball every time. He's better driving at defences as he can take a man on the inside and the outside. City need to re-invent themselves if they want to get back to the top of European football.

What is this video 😂 the purpose, the quality, the waffle 😂

Haaland this season has been figured out and shut down by a lot of teams

I actually agreed with your hot take last season. I thought you underestimated his final goal tally, but you were right when you said the league needs to be respected and one player doesn't just come in and make a mockery of the entire thing.

Haaland is the same person that people says without him City would won and he can only score goals. If he scored goals he is suffering if he doesn't he is suffering. I don't think Haaland will be this quite he is just tired and a little bit of frustration last season was soo a tiring season for City, for me , for them to still compete I respect them a lot so if Haaland is not doing well is the whole team that's not doing well. And I know next season will be different

Amazing you have revived this narrative. Let's see if Haaland will regain confidence, dude just having a dip.

Brilliantly done.

I hear you spot on 👌🏾

Haaland is not a very participative player, but he is a great player. The games he plays well are practically identical to the games he doesn't when it comes to participating, the difference are the goals scored. His job is to score goals and that's the metric, not build-up plays or anything, and in that metric he's doing considerable below average compared to what he's been doing in the last seasons. His style of play suits a counter-attacking strategy the best I suppose, and City are not very big on that, but it worked out last season because he is very good at finishing and was very composed and collected. I think what is going on recently is: he's not as calm as before, he's rushing and sometimes it feels like he's nervous and the quality that kept him vital to the team despite not suiting his play style is no longer there.

I think the biggest problem here is haaland style of play dosent suit Man City. Haaland with more space is World class. When halaand has no space like he has in man city. He struggles. The lack of quality service is a problem without kdb. Haaland also dosent use his strenght enougth. Or run more in the box. I think alot of this is down to pep guardiola for using halaand as an tap in merchant and a magnet for defenders. Dortmund haaland was more versitale and more all around type of player. I simply thinks Man City is not the rigth Club for him. If he wants to score more goals and of Higher quality and be more involevd. He has to leave the Man city for his own career.

Nothing is wrong with him he’s just not having a superhuman season that broke records. He’s doing exactly what pep is telling him to do which is to sit in front do the defenders and occupy at least 2 cb’s

Well during the euros Haaland should train with Benzema and learn how to play off the ball. It’s appalling that he doesn’t contribute anything when he’s not through on goal. A player like him should learn other aspects of the game. And pep should bench him unless he improves that. It’ll be better for his career.

I think what Rory and most people who go for the low hanging fruit of criticism miss is the root problem at City this season which has had a deleterious effect on both the defense and attack: Pep's absurdly high line and his inability/refusal to adapt it like he did last season City defenders are all the same from last season and yet their defensive record has fallen off a cliff. Did they all just drop tremendously in unison over the summer and then have continued that poor form all season? Highly unlikely. What else has changed since last season? Pep's tactics. He has gone from a flat back 4 in some games where he wanted to be more defensively sound and then inverting Stones in other games where he thought he could be more aggressive to effectively playing CBs as wingbacks AND always inverting one of the CBs in the middle (Stones or Akanji). He has done this in every game regardless of the competition and as a result of not having the correct players to execute a proper wingback system, City give away amazing counter attacking chances to EVERY team they play. He has also pushed the 2 CBs so that 1 is inverted and nearly always above the 1/2 way line while the other is in or around the 1/2 line which also allows opposition teams plenty of space to put a ball over the top through the middle and be in on goal. The results of this idiotic positioning has been catastrophic relative to City's historic defenses. We have conceded more goals this season with 6 games left in the season than the entirety of each of the last 3 PL seasons; we rank as the worst defense against counter attacks in the league; we have the fewest clean sheets in the PL this season compared to the past 3 full seasons. Every team we have played from Luton Town to Copenhagen to LFC to Palace to Real Madrid have all gotten numerous chances on the counter, mostly down are flanks and yet Pep persists with this. It is the very definition of insanity. As per Haaland, Pep's high line combined with the lazy slow buildup play creates more issues and most affect Haaland. By condensing the amount of space the opposition has with such a high line, it then limits the space Haaland operate it. Combine that with CIty's slow buildup and almost near refusal to pass to Haaland when he does make runs in the box, and City have taken Haaland out of the game save for headers which are more easily defended against, especially in a low block. Why? The slow buildup play allows all team defenses the time to reset and since City wont pass the ball to Haaland if he breaks the lines, they have all the time they need to rest their shape and crowd out the box. We saw this to great effect with Real Madrid. In the Madrid game 2nd leg, the combo of City's high line and slow buildup along with great marking by Rudiger made Haaland nearly ineffectual while at the same time, giving Real the opportunity for great chances to score on counter attacks down the flanks, which they took full advantage of. Again, Pep refused to modify his tactics. The lack of space in the box due to City's slow buildup play not only negatively affected Haaland, but made it very difficult for the rest of the attack to create any solid scoring chances, let alone convert. Thankfully, Doku's chaos was enough to get something, but again, it didn't matter bc the damage had been done with the high line in conceding 4 goals across 2 legs. Perhaps had Pep modified his line to be a bit lower, like he did all last season, maybe RM would not have been able to score the 4 goals? Maybe had Pep instructed the players to quicken the buildup play, especially when the chance for a thur ball to Haaland etc presented itself, City would've score more instead of slowing down the game when the players were in quick transition only to pass back and then allow RM to reset. Yes Haaland deserves criticism. 100% But to say that it is all on him and overlook what has been the one constant and the root problem for the team so far as I can tell would be shortsighted. Love Pep, but it is like everything he should've learned last season in adapting his tactics by winning the treble went right out the window this season and he has since reverted to type: doing what he wants to do even in the face of overwhelming evidence which unequivocally shows that the tradeoff that accompanies the high line simply is not worth it. I think if City lose the league, Pep is at fault for his recalcitrant & intractable positions for not adapting his tactics when even a blind person can see this problems his high line creates.

It’s funny really as all the things you highlighted he doesn’t do is what was levelled at Lukaku at Manchester United and Chelsea. His scoring record was actually pretty good at most clubs but give me a whole host of players who scored less but did more at both clubs.

Bobby Firmino is the polar opposite of Erling Haaland. Contributes all to the game, but he gave the goals to Salah and Mané.

Thanks Rory Now We Know Haaland will win the Ballon d Or Your Predictions Are always spot on Thank You Your Absolutely a living Legend and We Love Your Channel

It kind of shocked me when I realised that Haaland and his father truly believed that he should have won the last ballon d'or.

The City style doesn't suit him at all, he relies on space to run into

NOTE: Mbappé and Haaland haven’t scored more than fifty goals this season, so no one can say if one or another is doing better.

erling worked in his first season fine. but its obvious that its not a great place for a striker, man city that is. they have the ball and their opponents stand deep. there are strikers that fall back a little more and are better in combination play. it was obvious from the start that he chose the wrong team. there is a reason why pep hasnt played with a real number 9 for yrs. erling needs space and city is maybe the one team that doesnt give him that. he should have chosen any other prem side or in fact real madrid, they like these attacks..

Nothing has changed with the way he plays? Ever since Keane called him out now it’s the popular thing to do. Outside of goals he’s never offered anything.

Fully agree your bang on

I bet if City had bought Kane instead of Haaland they would have been twice successful as they are today. Kane reads the game beautifully, he creates chances if needed. Haaland on the other hand is a fantastic finisher who is CURRENTLY void of confidence. Roy Keane was spot on, his link up play is not that of a world class player.

Rory you are hoping something is wrong 😂

The only man a Fila tracksuit top makes him look like he mixes paints at B & Q.

Sounds like the complaints about Ronaldo after Ten became manager. I agree that if Halland isn't scoring he brings less to the game than Ronaldo, Messi, Mbappe, etc, but when Halland is in form he's unstoppable so he covers his faults problem is he massively out of form right now and hurts more than he helps

This is why I laugh at people who would take Haaland over Kane.

Honestly, City should cut their losses and sell Haaland if there is a decent offer. The Harry Kane counterfactual was spot on, Rory.

You weren't right because he scored 50+ and won a treble. Whether he is ideallt suited to the system city play is another conversation. The drop off is because Gundogan and Mahrez have been replaced by Doku and Kovacic who are miles off their levels, and Grealish isnt as good this season.

Should have brought Alvarez on way earlier and took erling off after 60-70 minutes. Essentially city are playing with 10 men as he just isn’t effective in the big games

Pep Blew It Your the coach if the players say I want taken out You say No ! we need you now to shoot Penalties Now I Don’t get it ? Real Madrid already had players picked for penalties before the game started

Rory knows ball .

City are and liverpool are just only doing what bayern and Real madrid do always and thats be favorites everyyear , back to back finals, the pressure is insane

Haaland is a good finisher but city's system doesn't often suit his qualities.

the man city hate is absolutely mental. The only way to stop halland is to sit in ur own box and triple mark in. It’s absolutely insane they lost a game on penalties that they never looked like losing and ur trying to blame haaland. Mental

I agree with you, I don't think Halaand is good enough, last season he didn't score or assist in any semi finals or finals that city played in, Halaand is a finisher not an all round good player

Meanwhile rory is about to ginx himself as erling haaland goes might go and score a hatrick tonight🤣🤣🤦‍♂️

Funny how no one is mentioning how quiet Fodden was, talk about no description!

i have to admit that disclaimer at the beginning prevented an angry comment from me😭

Haaland isn’t as complete as Kane but he could still become elite. He’s at a rough stage in his career where he needs to adapt to a different system and that’s affected his finishing. It’s a shame because Pep is always trying new tactics but Haaland isn’t versatile

Did anyone watch last nights game or is everyone going for clicks, he didn’t even play bad yesterday his link Up play was fine until Madrid sat deeper and no one was passing him the ball

Man city didn't play in the entire match at all, no offensive game no good shots from outside the area as well as from inside, it was very weird like they wanted to fail , it was for me like they were with the idea to lose the match, i'm a fan of premier league and city in every single match really play very well even if they lose, there is no way for me that madrid could beat them unless they made an agreement 😮

Rudiger, Saliba, Gabriel, Van Dijk, Nacho ones of these seems out of place 🤔🤣

Haaland was so catastrophic last night!

If - over the length of a season - one says all opposing things at least once, YES, then one must be right with something. A reason to be proud of and make an extra video about? Didn't think so either.

This pompous pom is a top tier troller.

He’s still scored more than 15 goals this season so no you’re still wrong Rory

TBH I think Harry Kane will be remembered more than Haaland even though he doesn't win any trophy....

i am a city fan and trust me on this halland is just having a bad season and i personally think its cause city as a whole is having a bad season with respect to our previous seasons cause we lost key players but i do belive with erling getting a nice vacation during euros and returning fully rejuvinated he will take over the pl and ucl again next season

Saw a comment calling him the Norwegian Andy Carroll.

He is just a pure finisher. And that is supposed to be his role in City. And no Rory, you don't get to be right after one tough season for Haaland. You said he was going to flop, and he was incredible in his first season and won the damn treble. You don't get to swing this one back around, you lost the argument last season.

i fully agree with rory on this

Not even watching the video. But let me say this if haaland has something wrong with him for being top goalscorer currently in the prem what does that say about rest of the leagues strikers

Cant blame him. We did great against him twice. He had no room to play other than dropping deep. We are RM. We doing this centuries now, as apposed to City in 6 years. 🙈🤭🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Tbh yesterday in the 2nd half haaland wasn't getting good service. In the first leg against madrid he didn't get service at all

He just ain’t a big game player. Not on drogba level

Can we do a “ the problem with Rory Jennings?” Next

The question is are Manchester City better without him due to tactics? Answer, no they won the treble last year… he was probably the missing link

Lol Alvarez is wayyy better

U r looking very 80's footy hooligan today. Lol

Haaland in his down side now. Never saw this coming from Haaland. What the hell not Nacho

Perfect video. Guaranteed Harland scores 50 next year

He will come good he is only 23 he will improve he is a world class striker 💙💙

Rory come on. 56 goals in 61 apps. Probably not time to take a victory lap on this one yet.

It’s fair to say he’s off form. Like is that not allowed. Or is he expected to be perfect in every game in every season. Yes he’s off form but it’s not an existential crisis.

Everyone is so stat obsessed that it makes us question our own eye test sometimes

Imo if pep brought alvarez sooner they would have won . he offers alot more than haaland and he is a very good finisher

Can’t even lie Haaland isn’t a big game player & I’m a city fan if we had Kane I believe he would have broken records at City too

Always said I was a lot more nervous about city signing Kane than haaland. Kane in that city team would be scary