Erling turns the air blue after match!
ERLING HAALAND’s one and only mistake yesterday was turning the airwaves blue, though his manager
Pep Guardiola said he loved hearing Manchester City’s new No 9 curse his luck during his live TV interview. Discussing an ilkay Gundogan cross he could have met to seal a Premier League debut hat-trick, haaland said: ‘i should have been there so it’s a bit s*** but that’s how it is.’ Told to be steady with his language, the 22-year-old responded: ‘Oh, sorry, s***, oh sorry!’ Guardiola revealed it reminded him of Lionel Messi, saying a goalscorer is never satisfied when he could have scored more for his team. ‘i like it,’ he said. ‘i was fortunate to be with Messi and if he scored two, he wanted three. if he scored three, he wanted four. if he got four, he wanted five. The top goalscorers, the strikers, are never satisfied. They are always starving.’ When haaland was fouled for City’s penalty, he immediately grabbed the ball to take it himself. ‘if someone were to take this ball, he would have punched his team-mates in the face,’ said Guardiola. ‘i’m pretty sure of that and that is a good sign.’ Guardiola went on to poke fun at those who criticised haaland after his Community shield performance against Liverpool last week. ‘One week ago he would not adapt to the Premier League and now he is the best — alongside Thierry henry, Alan shearer and Cristiano Ronaldo,’ he said. ‘he is a guy with incredible talent — a scorer of goals. No 9 is numbers but we would like to add something more to his game to be a better player. Not just a guy who scores goals.’ Meanwhile, West ham manager David Moyes bemoaned his lack of defensive options and said: ‘We found it very hard. Tactically, they were much better.’