Erling Haaland took the Premier League by storm after an impressive debut season. The Norwegian international led Manchester City to a treble win and scored more than 50 goals in the entire season. With such a prolific goal-scoring record, everyone knew the quality of the player, and his record-breaking season was a warning sign for other teams.
Premier League teams have played eight matches in the current season and two in Europe. Erling Haaland has featured in all 10 games for Manchester City. His season started on a high, and it looked like things were heading in the same direction. In his fourth match, Haaland scored his first hat-trick of the 2023–24 season.
However, things changed recently, and Haaland has failed to reach the top of his game. A barren run of three goalless matches has also led to back-to-back defeats for Manchester City in the Premier League. Kevin De Bruyne’s absence has also led to an inconsistent run of form for the Norwegian. Let’s take a look at why Erling Haaland has struggled recently for the English giants.
Everyone is so used to watching Erling Haaland score that whenever he is not scoring a goal, everyone is worried about what might have happened to the Norwegian. The same is the case with him in the current season. He scored seven goals in the first five games and then only added a single goal to his tally.
Overall, the forward has attempted 41 shots and has had a decent accuracy rate of 53.7%.
Poor run in the last five games
After seven goals in the first five games, Haaland only netted once in the next five. A massive decrease in the number of shots and the inability to hit the target have led to this poor run.
26 shots were attempted in the first five matches and only 15 in the next five. Of the 26 shots attempted, 15 were on target, and Haaland’s accuracy rate was around 60%. In the last five games, his accuracy has dropped to 40%.
Erling Haaland had a nightmare against Arsenal in the previous league match. The Norwegian failed to take a shot in the match, and Pep’s men suffered back-to-back defeats in the league.
During this period, Haaland registered his second assist of the season. However, his passing ability also had a massive impact on this run. Averaging nearly a pass per 90 minutes to the penalty box, Haaland has only attempted two passes in the last five games. Of these two passes, one has resulted in an assist.
Erling Haaland is not the kind of player who will remain silent for long. He will look to get back to his scoring touch and get his side to winning ways after the international break.
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