Manchester City striker, Erling Haalandm has said that there are no excuses for the club’s disappointing season.
Haaland believes no excuses can mask the obvious drop in performance this term, and the fact that he and his teammates have simply not been good enough.
Speaking during a recent exclusive interview with ESPN, Haaland revealed that the current campaign has been very underwhelming due to a dip in hunger within the squad after years of unprecedented success.
According to him, winning four successive league titles and a treble in 2023 made the players get too comfortable ahead of the current season, and that mistake has clearly come back to haunt the club.
Haaland is of the opinion that while injuries have definitely hindered the team this season, underperforming players have been the main reason for the poor results.
“Of course, you can find excuses, injuries, many injuries at bad times, but in the end we haven’t been performing well enough.
“We haven’t had fully the hunger inside of us. I haven’t been good enough. I haven’t helped the team enough. In the end, we haven’t been good enough,” he said.
Haaland further stated that being injured when his team needs him the most has been a terrible experience in recent weeks, but he can do nothing other than wait to heal before returning to the pitch to continue scoring goals.
The Noweigan striker said that he feels good to go right now, and he is fully back to help Manchester City however he can.
“It was horrible to be injured, but what can you do?
You have to recover as quickly as you can and to come back as fit as you can. Now I’m back with loads of energy.
I’m feeling good and moving good and I’m ready,” he added.
