Pep Guardiola compares Haaland to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

Erling Haaland is a goal-scoring machine. The Norwegian is an absolute guarantee of goals and started this season as he finished the last: on fire. Only two games into the 2024/25 Premier League season, the Manchester City striker has already scored four goals, making him the top scorer in the English league, surpassing players like Danny Welbeck and Son Heung-Min by two goals.

On August 24, City beat Ipswich Town 4-1 with a hat-trick from Haaland, who continues to show a performance that is not worthy of a human and closer to an 'android', which is the nickname his fans have for him. After the Norwegian national team striker's display, Pep Guardiola spoke to the media and was full of praise for the best player on his team.

Guardiola compares Haaland to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

The Catalan coach decided to go all out and compare his pupil to the legends, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, at least when it comes to scoring goals: "Erling's numbers are ridiculous, he can compete, in terms of goals, with Cristiano and Messi. For his age, the level he handles is surprising," said the Spaniard, who hopes that the forward can be at City for many more years. A few weeks ago, Pep also commented that his player "feels better than in previous seasons", because he did not play Euro 2024 and had more time to rest.

Since his arrival in England, Haaland has played 101 games and has scored a goal on 94 occasions in all the competitions he has played in. This gives an impressive figure of one goal per game. At 24 years old, it is an extremely impressive record because he has 260 goals in 316 matches for clubs and his national team. As if that weren't enough, he has already scored 25 hat-tricks and it is the tenth ball he has taken home since he has been in the Premier League. If he continues like this, there is no doubt that he will be able to break all the records left by the strikers who marked a generation in football.