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Erling Haaland has said he will not dwell on mi sed chances as he prepares for his Premier League debut withManchester City.The Premier League champions begin their title defence at West Ham on Sunday, and spread further fear throughout the league when they sealed the signing of Haaland in June.However, his debut in a City shirt did not go according to plan as he drew a blank in the3-1 Community Shield defeat to Liverpool, including hitting the cro sbar from point-blank range late on.Speaking to former Newcastle United and England striker Alan Derek Dorsett Women Jersey Shearer for BBC Sport and The Athletic, the 22-year-old outlined his proce s as a goalscorer, and why he will not allow those mi ses to be carried into futuregames.As a striker, I think its really important that when youre in the game to not think too much,Haalandsaid. If Im going to go into my next game thinking about the chance I mi sed last game, its not good.You have to go into the game hungry. It doesnt matter what happened before, if you scored three Tanner Pearson Women Jersey goals, if you scored zero goals, if you havent scored in a while. You have to go into the game with the same mentality. And so I think about not thinking too much about it.Haaland scored 86 goals in 89 games in two-and-a-half years at Boru sia Dortmund, but admitted there is extrapre sure that comes with playing for City, who have won four of the last five Premier League titles, including pipping Liverpool by one point last season.Yes, of course its pre sure,he said. Im playing for the champions so theres pre sure, but in my head, its about trying to go out on the pitch smiling as much as I can and to try to enjoy the game. Because life goes fast and suddenly my career is over.You saw that with my father (who retired aged 30 due to injury),suddenly its over. So its about trying to enjoy every single minute of it because Im really Cole Cassels Men Jersey lucky to have this job and to be here.In the end, we just want to enjoy playing football, enjoy what our childhood dream was. There will be people talking about you, especially as a striker if you dont score,then the talk comes,but in the endyou cannot choose what people say, what people read, what people think about you.This is something you just have to live with. And yeah, I kind of enjoy it.Haaland also outlined his early impre sions of working with Pep Guardiola, who has won four Premier League titles, four EFL Cups and an FA Cup since arriving as manager in 2016.Hes demanding in his me sages about what to do and about doing everything at 100 per cent,he added. It doesnt matter if its a normal kind Nikolay Goldobin Kids Jersey of running exercise,do it at 100 per cent, like you do it on the pitch. Train as you play. Easy as that.The imposing striker is hoping to bring something extra to City, who were eliminated from the Champions League in agonising fashion by eventual winners Real Madrid in the semi-finals last season.We come as champions from last year, so we have to do the same kind of things they did and hopefully even better, Haaland said.In the important games be even better, the Champions League and the cups, and also to maintain all the time in the Premier League.Its not easy as we know. Its a difficult league, so many good teams, but its Jake Virtanen Jersey about building on what they have been having here for so many years.I want to come in here and bring my own kind of things to the game and hopefully be better. |
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