Erling Haaland response to Sporting thrashing sums up Man City star after struggles

Manchester City person mislaid 3 consecutive games for the archetypal clip since April 2018 and prima striker Erling Haaland has made a vow that they volition "come backmost fighting"

Erling Haaland has vowed to "work adjacent harder and travel backmost fighting" aft Manchester City's caller struggles.

City were thrashed 4-1 by Sporting successful the Champions League connected Tuesday, with Haaland missing a punishment astatine 2-1 aft blasting the shot against the bar. The effect means that City person present lost 3 consecutive games for the archetypal clip since April 2018, having besides suffered defeats to Tottenham and Bournemouth successful caller weeks.

And Haaland has not been astatine his prolific best, with the striker netting conscionable 1 Premier League extremity successful his past 5 games aft scoring 10 goals successful his archetypal five. In a station connected societal media, Haaland acknowledged some his and the team's caller struggles.

"Only 1 mode to determination connected from past nighttime - enactment adjacent harder and travel backmost warring from this," helium wrote successful narration to the decision against Sporting. It comes aft chap City prima Bernardo Silva admitted they were "in a acheronian place".

Speaking to TNT Sports aft the Sporting game, Silva said: "It's disappointing due to the fact that we're a spot successful a acheronian spot close now. Everything looks to beryllium going successful the incorrect way. Even erstwhile we are playing good we don't people our chances and we concede excessively easily.

"We decidedly request to look wrong and cheque what we're not doing well. And we request to get amended precise rapidly different it volition beryllium precise hard to travel backmost from these losses. It's football. It's hard to find reasons for what is happening to us.

"I don't retrieve successful seven-and-a-half seasons this squad losing 3 games successful a row. It conscionable looks similar this squad is going the incorrect mode now. The bully happening is adjacent though we person mislaid these 3 games we are inactive successful a bully presumption particularly successful the Premier League.

"After losing 3 games we are inactive successful the main competitions warring for everything. But we request to better, obviously. Our injured players request to travel backmost due to the fact that we request them and it's conscionable not bully capable tonight."

However, manager Pep Guardiola disagreed with Silva's statement, insisting his broadside played "really bully football" successful Portugal. "We played truly atrocious against Bournemouth but truly bully here. The lone regret is conceding the 3rd and 4th - the penalties were not necessary," helium said.

"We knew it would beryllium a pugnacious play astatine the commencement and this is what it is. I similar it, I emotion it, I privation to look it and assistance my players. Life is similar this. We continue. What should we do? We spell backmost to Manchester and hole for the crippled atBrighton. I won't springiness up, that's for sure."

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