After missing a sitter, Gary Neville believes Haaland “looks like a lump of a center half.”
Erling Haaland, the megastar of Manchester City, was referred to by Gary Neville as a “lump of a centre-half” after he let slip a fantastic opportunity for Pep Guardiola’s team on Sunday.
Erling Haaland lost a fantastic opportunity to help Manchester City defeat Tottenham Hotspur, and Gary Neville made fun of him for looking like a “lump of a center half.”
As Spurs attempted to play out of the back, Julian Alvarez pressed high, winning the ball and managing to poke it in Bernardo Silva’s direction. Gazing up, the Portuguese celebrity saw Haaland with an infinite amount of time.
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All Haaland had to do was turn the ball goalward, so expect the net to bulge. Neville, who was on the Sky Sports comms team, was shocked that the big Norwegian couldn’t keep his shot on target.
“With that effort, he looks like a lump of a center half,” Neville remarked. For him, it’s essentially an open net.” And Neville was right, football fans couldn’t help but agree.
When Haaland turned the ball past the post, he had already earned an assist for himself. Old rival Son Hueng-min had put City behind early after he finished off a Spurs counterattack.
But City equalized when Haaland headed to head into Son’s knee after an Alvarez free-kick, which Son turned into his own objective. Son did this to become the first player in the Premier League to score in under ten minutes at both ends.
“This season is really strange for Haland. completing the difficult opportunities while missing many simple ones “A fan commented. “Haaland channeling his inner Darwin Nunez, nah, how do you miss those?” another person said.
