05 November,2025 09:36 AM IST | Manchester | AFP
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland controls the ball during Sunday’s English Premier League match against Bournemouth. Pic/Getty Images
Erling Haaland has warned opponents he is still not the finished article despite his phenomenal goalscoring record for Manchester City.
The Norwegian forward, who faces former club Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, has netted a staggering 26 goals in 16 games for club and country this season.
"I think you can always get better and better. So there's something I try to practise still and you can see I'm getting better and better and there's still a long way to go," said Haaland at City's pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
The striker's red-hot form prompted former England striker Alan Shearer to predict last month that Haaland would break his all-time English Premier League record tally of 260 goals. But the Norwegian insisted he was far more focused on achieving team accolades than individual ones. "I can't think about records I can break," he said. "That's the last thing I think of. I try to help the team win football games. That's my job and that's my main focus. I know it's boring. I know you want me to say the complete opposite, but that's not how it is," insisted Haaland.
City boss Pep Guardiola made Haaland part of his leadership team this season and described him as a "real world-class player who is incredibly humble". "I know he wants to score goals, but I have the feeling he always wants what is best for the team. That is difficult to find. Of course he has to score goals, that's the best way to help us, that is perfectly clear, but he signed a contract for 10 years and is involved in many things," said Guardiola.
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