Manchester City striker Erling Haaland may be the top goalscorer in the Premier League, but he still finds his teammates decision-making "frustrating" ahead of Saturday's meeting with Nottingham Forest.
The Norwegian international has already scored 26 times in just 22 league games, finding the net once every 68 minutes. Three of those goals came against the Reds earlier this season when he got a hat-trick before the first half even concluded.
And yet, Haaland does not feel the players around him are playing to his strengths. The 22-year-old can often be seen making runs in behind that go ignored by a teammate on the ball and possession is instead recycled.
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Haaland has pleaded with his fellow City players to get the ball into him quicker and more often. “It's frustrating,” Haaland told Amazon Prime after Wednesday's 3-1 win over Arsenal.
“Either the players don't see me or thinks it's another good chance to do something else. It's up to other players around me. It's about chemistry. I've been here seven months, it's getting a bit to know each other.
“We know we're good players, there's other things I could have done better. For me it's more about in the game [against Aston Villa] I told Rodri 'please look for me in behind'. I said please. I also told Bernardo [Silva] to put it in behind, it didn't happen but things take time.
“When we learn each other proper, the balls will come. I still got a lot of balls. We want crosses and passes all the time.”
Forest host the reigning champions at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon, with kickoff set for 3pm.
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