Manchester City striker Erling Haaland criticized his performance after the defending Premier League champions suffered a convincing 2-1 loss to Villa Park on Saturday.
Aston Villa was the latest team to Fun to beat City. After two chances in as many minutes, the hosts eventually took the lead in the first half through John Doran in the 16th minute before Morgan Rogers doubled their lead on the hour mark.
Phil Foden reduced the gap for City in stoppage time of the second half, but the visitors occupied second place for most of the match. Once again, Haaland's influence has been limited. the Premier LeagueThe two-time Golden Boot winner has scored once in his last six matches.
Haaland had 18 simple touches, but only one was in Villa's penalty area, and he was only able to muster a single shot wide of the target throughout the 90 minutes.
Reflected on 2-1 Reverse In a post-match interview with TNT SportsHaaland admitted: “We are disappointed, this is not good enough. It is not good enough from me.”
The attacker pointed this out villa They displayed their own qualities, while reprimanding his bad form. “They are good players,” Haaland said. “It is difficult to come here, but we are Manchester City and we have to be there.” “We have to keep going, we have to believe, and we have to keep working hard.
“We have to keep going. Firstly I look at myself, I didn't do things well enough, I didn't score chances. I have to do better, I wasn't good enough.”
city Once again Villa excelled (12 to 11) and scored 294 goals this season. However, Pep Guardiola's heroes only found the net on 9.9% of those chances – the lowest conversion rate the club has recorded since records began in the 2006/07 season.
Far from self-criticism, Haaland showed a whisper of optimism when considering his qualities Guardiola. The Norwegian international noted: “He won the Premier League six times in seven years, so we will never forget that. He will find solutions. He has done that every year. We still believe in him, and we have to do that.” I'm working harder than ever now.”