Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland , missed a golden opportunity to score when he met Liverpool in the 2022 Community Shield match. Haaland's failure to break into the Reds goal did not make Pep Guardiola worried.
Facing Liverpool at the King Power Stadium, Saturday (30/7/2022) night WIB, Erling Haaland played since the early minutes. The duel became Haaland's opportunity to show his sharpness in the official event.
However, the 22-year-old striker appeared less convincing. He had three shots and only one was on target, and his passing accuracy was 78 percent.
Erling Haaland actually has a good chance to score his first goal for Man City this season. Starting from Phil Foden's shot which was thwarted by the goalkeeper, Erling Haaland struck the ball with a left foot kick.
Unfortunately, Haaland failed to find the net for the Reds. The ball from Erling Haaland 's kick in the 90+7 minute just hit the Liverpool crossbar .
Man City Falls in the Hands of Liverpool
The sluggish appearance of Erling Haaland had an impact on the results obtained by Man City. The Citizens also gave up 1-3 of Liverpool .
Trent Alexander-Arnold's three winning goals were scored by Trent Alexander-Arnold in the 21st minute, Mohamed Salah in the 83rd minute, and Darwin Nunez in the 90+4 minute. Julian Alvarez scored the only goal for Manchester City in the 70th minute.
These results made City fail to win the 2022 Community Shield trophy. They last won the tournament ahead of the new season was in 2019.
Pep Guardiola Woles
The sluggish appearance of Erling Haaland in the match against Liverpool did not make Pep Guardiola upset. The Spanish manager believes Haaland will show his sharpness with Manchester City in the 2022/2023 season.
"He is a strong player. He failed to score and next time he will put it in the net. It happens, this is football. He scored another goal which was disallowed, because the ball went out of line," said Guardiola.
"He has this talent and he will. I'm not worried or worried about that," he added.
It's very intense. He will help us, I'm pretty sure about that."
