Pep Guardiola has claimed that Erling Haaland is performing at the level of peak Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after the Manchester City striker’s 17th goal of the season in only 13 games.
After struggling with fitness last season and seeing his goal output fall in successive years since a record-breaking debut campaign with City in 2022–23, it feels as though Haaland is very much back to his best in the first three months of the new campaign.
