Pep Guardiola makes Erling Haaland fitness claim after Man City brace
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland is fitter now than he was at the same stage of pre-season a year ago, following his clinical brace against Yokohama Marinos.
City came from behind to win 5-3 against their Japanese sister club on Sunday, with half-time substitute Haaland scoring two goals with just three touches of the ball.
The Norwegian forward already has more goals than he managed across the first three matches of last summer, when he scored the winner vs Bayern Munich but failed to net against Club America or Liverpool in the Community Shield. READ MORE: Kevin de Bruyne injury update Haaland broke the Premier League scoring record with 36 goals last season, netting 52 across all competitions as part of an incredible debut season in England.
Despite that, he had actually only scored one goal in his previous eight appearances heading into pre-season, but looked back to his best with two well-taken goals in Tokyo.
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